Watch our panel on Heat Action Plans implemented in India, South Africa, and Boston to protect workers from extreme heat at the state and local level, and learn about the strategies, challenges, and impacts of each
#heatprotections #laborpolicy
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A photo of a warehouse worker in an orange vest, safety glasses, and gloves. He grimaces and wipes his forehead. In the corner, an image of a caution sign reads "FOOD WORKERS ARE HOT" and "HEAT PROTECTIONS NOW." To the left of the image on a field of yellow, text reads "WAREHOUSE WORKERS" followed by a quote: "The scorching summer days we are experiencing increased health risks to workers. All too frequently, workers must decide between their job security and their safety. But employers have a duty to ensure the safety of workers and to take all necessary steps to prevent illness including access to water, rest periods and an appropriate pace of work." - Sheheryar, Executive Director, Warehouse Worker Resource Center, Ontario, CA.

📦🔥 Warehouse workers shouldn't have to choose between their health and their job security. That's why the Warehouse Worker Resource Center was instrumental in California's fight for indoor #HeatProtections, which took effect in July 2024. Now we need to extend those same protections to all workers!

Workers Roast as Federal Heat Standard Languishes Workers are overheating on the job, even in blue states. A proposed federal rule could help—but the Trump administration might abandon it.

As a federal heat rule becomes ever more unlikely, even in the best-case scenario #workers would still have to wait two years for #HeatProtections to go into effect.

But workers can’t wait for #HeatJustice. Learn why @prospect.org: prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

NEW: On this week’s #BehindTheLensPodcast 🎙 — A judge extends protections through mid-August for men forced to work in extreme Louisiana heat at Angola. The legal fight continues.

🎧 Listen here: thelensnola.org/2025/07/11/b...

#AngolaFarmline #Prison #HeatProtections

Trump’s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers

UPS drivers shouldn’t have to be “world-class industrial athletes” to acclimate to #ExtremeHeat.

That’s why #OSHA’s federal heat rule must enshrine #HeatProtections for #workers, regardless of who the #TrumpAdministration appoints. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/c...

New report documents how extreme heat affects indoor retail and service workers Surveyed workers report experiencing headaches, fatigue, nausea, confusion and even seizures when indoor temperatures regularly reach 80 degrees or above.

“I’m in a glorified oven all day, essentially,” says warehouse worker Nicholas Reiger.

During #ExtremeHeat events, indoor #workers find temps regularly climb above 80 degrees.

Learn why federal #HeatProtections are just as important for these workers at @whyy.org: whyy.org/articles/phi...

UPS Drivers Are Battling Deadly Heat—Without A.C. in Their Trucks Why is the company dragging its heels on updating the vehicles, as the new union contract requires?

In 2023, UPS #workers won a historic contract guaranteeing #HeatProtections, including the installation of fans and A/C. Two years later, workers are still waiting.

Read more at @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/1972...

🌡️ #Nevada is one of the fastest-warming states in the US
2024 brought record-breaking heat, drought, and wildfires, and workers paid the price.

We need federal #HeatProtections now for #WorkerSafety!

Trump 2.0 Will Rollback Worker Wins | Opinion As the federal government recedes from protecting working people and communities, state leaders will need to be bold and creative in filling the void and fighting back.

As the federal policy environment becomes hostile to #WorkersRights, states will need to step up to the plate to lock in wins on #overtime, #HeatProtections, & more.

@paulsonn.bsky.social & @terrigerstein.bsky.social offer some jumping-off points @newsweek.com: www.newsweek.com/trump-20-wil...

Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections - National Employment Law Project State policymakers who want to preserve protections for US workers should move quickly to enact recent federal worker wins at the state level.

NEW: States can preserve recent federal wins on workers' rights, no matter what happens in court/under Trump. A briefing issued today, by an array of experts, outlines 6 policies states can adopt on #overtime #HeatProtections #NonCompetes #Organizing & more. (1/x) www.nelp.org/insights-res...

Some of these will require legislation, but some only need state executive/agency action. The brief includes existing model examples from across the country on #overtime, #heatprotections, #noncompetes, #antitrust, #organizingrights, and enforcement #datatransparency.

Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections - National Employment Law Project State policymakers who want to preserve protections for US workers should move quickly to enact recent federal worker wins at the state level.

Even before the new administration takes office, the Trump courts are blocking the worker wins of the Biden era. The states need to act quickly to preserve protections for #overtime pay, organizing rights, #HeatProtections & bans on non-competes.
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