American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) President and CEO Chris Spear has confirmed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has withdrawn its vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS).

He said the ATA had “challenged this misguided mandate all the way to the US Supreme Court because it was a clear overstep of OSHA’s authority, and because it would have had disastrous consequences for an already-overstressed supply chain”.

The ATA led a coalition of state trucking associations and national business groups in challenging the ETS in the federal court and filing an emergency application to the US Supreme Court for a stay.