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Defund the vaccine mandate

Lawmakers who are serious about protecting the American people from government-mandated vaccination must take action to defund President Biden’s mandate. This can be done simply by refusing to vote for any funding bill that doesn’t defund the vaccine mandate.

OSHA excludes construction industry from emergency COVID-19 safety rules

Delayed COVID-19 worker protections attract crush of lobbyists

Delayed COVID-19 worker protections attract crush of lobbyists Emily Kopp © Provided by Roll Call Workers process meat at Old Fashion Country Butcher in Santa Paula, Calif., in May 2020. The North American Meat Institute is scheduled to meet with federal officials to discuss COVID-19 worker protection rules. A swarm of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington is circling as the White House reviews long-anticipated rules to protect workers from COVID-19 with meatpacking, hospital and retail industries working to delay the regulations while unions push for more urgency. The businesses have been winning so far on the timing. The rules are meant to respond to the clusters of infections in crowded workplaces that drive up infections and deaths but arrive more than a year after outbreaks began. President Joe Biden signed an executive order the day after his inauguration asking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to write the worker protection rules

Industry Urges Workers to Get COVID Vaccine : CEG

Wed May 05, 2021 - National Edition #10 Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT Despite employees getting vaccinated, contractors will still require masks and social distancing on the job site. Right now, the construction industry is tackling critical coronavirus vaccine issues: Should employees have the vaccine or not, and does it matter? Can an employer mandate employees be vaccinated before entering a job site? How can an employer successfully overcome vaccine hesitancy? Deemed essential by the federal government, construction workers have been among priority groups for the coronavirus vaccine. And professional organizations in the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) are strongly encouraging employees to get the vaccine. The coalition organized a campaign to urge vaccinations, establishing the COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week in mid-April.

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