The group’s members include current and former public employees, including those at California’s Division of Occupation Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA. Cal/OSHA employees required to carry out the July 4 blitz have not been tested for COVID-19, Ruch said. She also declined to answer questions relating to the availability of COVID-19 testing for Cal/OSHA employees. Now, when the agency’s mission is especially critical, the long-standing cutbacks threaten the safety and health of workers, advocates say. In 2017, the Trump administration sidelined the federal agency from creating workplace safety rules for infectious airborne diseases, such as COVID-19.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 16, 2020 19:18 UTC