Bill Borwegen

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  "We are hopeful this will lay to rest once and for all any remaining doubts on the need to take these reasonable steps to protect healthcare workers if we expect them to be there for their patients during this pandemic," Bill Borwegen, of the SEIU said by e-mail.

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  Among the issue's contributors are Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO; Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers; Denis Hughes, president, New York State AFL-CIO; Ed Ott, executive director, New York City Central Labor Council; Bill Borwegan, occupational health and safety director, SEIU; U.S. Rep.

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  "This is an agency that has become increasingly irrelevant to growing numbers of workers in the economy because the economy has continued to shift into the service sector," said Bill Borwegen, MPH, director of occupational safety and health since 1983 for the 1.8-million-member Service Employees International Union.
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  Borwegen said the union began asking for it after SEIU members at
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  Borwegen said the latest research shows needlesticks have dropped about 51 percent because of the amended standard.
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  When Borwegen of the Service Employees union reflects on the PELs and OSHA standards in general, he thinks of an entirely different problem: "You have lots of chemical hazards, like glutaraldehyde, which OSHA does not have a PEL on. Cal/OSHA, fortunately, just issued one. There's a whole range of chemicals," Borwegen said. "Really, the only standard that is that important for our members is the bloodborne pathogens standard. OSHA has been largely silent on addressing the major hazards that our members face, whether it's workplace violence--37 percent of non-fatal assaults that occur in the United States occur in a health care workplace . . . [or] ergonomics--again, more CTS disorder injuries occur in the health care sector than any other sector in OSHA; OSHA has not dealt with that issue.
  
  "In a nutshell, in my opinion, I consider OSHA as basically being dead, quite frankly," said Borwegen.
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  One sign of the sector's importance is AIHA's health care work group, which has really taken off, Borwegen said.

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  "There's a tremendous level of fear among our members, health care workers around the country, and it's unfortunate," said Bill Borwegen, of Service Employees International Union.

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  For more details about attending the separate meeting, or to discuss passing safe patient lifting laws in your state, contact Bill Borwegen, SEIU Occupational Health and Safety Director at 202-730-7385 or Bill.Borwegen@seiu.org.

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  Bill Borwegen, health and safety director for the Service Employees International Union, said the flu pandemic document is better than what SEIU expected from OSHA, but expressed concern it is not mandatory and is confusing and contradictory on the use of face masks.

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  Bill BorwegenDirectorOccupational Health and SafetyService Employees International Union

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  "I'm kind of worried about who's going to replace all of us," said Bill Borwegen, 51, OSH director for the Service Employees International Union.

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  "I'm kind of worried about who's going to replace all of us," said Bill Borwegen, 51, OSH director for the Service Employees International Union.

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  Speaking at a forum on smallpox sponsored by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, safety advocates Bill Borwegen of the Service Employees International Union and James August of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees argued that many unanswered questions must be addressed before the vaccination plan moves forward.
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  Borwegen said that he had been told at a meeting with federal health officials that the final CDC plan could be announced as early as the first week in December.
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  Borwegen maintained that the plan would be incomplete without adequate worker protections."We need to ensure that our members are protected in this process," he said.
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  Borwegen asked."We need a safety net to be provided, either by the employer or by the federal, state, or local government."
  
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  The union officials also protested against what they said was a CDC purchase of millions of the bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccine without insisting on obtaining a needle type equipped with integrated safety features, which is available.Borwegen said that CDC was "flouting" the Needlestick Prevention and Safety Act of 2000 with the purchase.
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  Borwegen questioned the launching of protections against such exotic threats as smallpox, plague, or anthrax "when we're not doing what we can" to counter the larger existing threat of TB.

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