SEIU offers infectious disease training for airport workers

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October 9, 2015 at 04:58 PM
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has started offering infectious disease prevention training to airport workers with help from a federal grant, as it voices concerns about lack of education and protective equipment for workers cleaning cabins, handling wheelchairs and performing similar duties. OSHA is working on a comprehensive infectious disease standard, but that would only apply to the health care sector (see related coverage). SEIU says last year's Ebola scare, while appearing to subside in the United States, exacerbated persistent worries among airport workers about possib