Unions Craft Petition Seeking OSHA Rule Addressing Health Facility Violence

Bolstered by calls from top Democrats and a long-awaited congressional investigation, a broad coalition of labor unions is preparing a formal petition asking OSHA to set a comprehensive workplace violence prevention standard to protect healthcare workers. A source familiar with the issue says the coalition, including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Service Employees International Union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, United Steelworkers, National Nurses United (NNU) and others are expected to petition OSHA “to formally begin...