Now more than ever, Virginia must stay committed to protecting its workforce  with a strong, permanent COVID-19 OSHA standard.

Every day we are reminded that this pandemic is far from over. My stepson works in a restaurant that has had two positive covid cases in the last 2 months. Thankfully, the ETS lays out a process that protects employees and their rights to a safe workplace.

With 5000+ cases every day and community spread evident throughout the Commonwealth, there should be no question about whether to make this standard permanent or not.  Even with vaccines, it will take a long time to build immunity in the population and strong workplace safety protections will continue to be needed.