[1]Alex Padilla for Senate

Hi,

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been hot this summer.

And as California and the rest of the country face punishing heat waves, record-breaking temperatures are increasingly dangerous for workers. But right now, there is no federal standard to ensure the health and safety of workers exposed to dangerous heat conditions.

That’s wrong. Our farmworkers, factory workers, postal workers, construction workers, and all who work in these conditions deserve protections.

That’s why I’m doing two things:

First, I’ve reintroduced the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act. This bill would direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to establish a standard to protect workers from hazardous heat, including:

🚰 access to water,

🧊 paid breaks in cool spaces,

🚑 emergency response, and

⏲️ limitations on the amount of time exposed to heat.

Second, I’m calling on President Biden to use administrative action to implement enforceable workplace federal heat standards — modeled off my bill — as quickly as possible to protect workers against extreme heat.

The climate crisis has accelerated the dangers of extreme heat across the country. So we can’t afford to wait:

Please add your name to stand with me, the United Farm Workers, the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UNITE HERE!, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and more in support of federal standards to protect workers from dangerous heat conditions in the workplace.

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Thank you,

Alex Padilla
 


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