In Re International Chemical Workers Union and Public Citizen Health Research Group

The International Chemical Workers Union and Public Citizen Health Research Group (“Petitioners”) have petitioned the court for a writ of mandamus. Petitioners seek to compel the Secretary of Labor and the Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“agency” or “OSHA”) to take emergency action to protect workers from the deleterious effects of exposure to cadmium. We have treated the petition for a writ of mandamus as a petition for review of OSHA’s final decision not to issue an emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) for cadmium. Following a thorough review of…