Hi,

“It was one of the worst feelings I’ve ever had in my entire life,” Seth Pacic, a UPS truck driver recounted after dry heaving, out of sorts, unable to drive home until he sat in an air-conditioned office for over an hour.1 This is the story of extreme heat and truck driving as UPS has refused to provide air conditioning in its delivery trucks.

It gets worse. Drivers have experienced heatstroke. Drivers have died. This is what happens when corporate greed comes before the health and safety of workers. And it’s why worker protections like air conditioning in trucks is a major issue in the contract negotiations between UPS executives and union workers.2

These conditions show why beefed up funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is so important. But the House GOP wants to slash funding from these two agencies, which would seriously jeopardize worker protections and safe working conditions in America.3 The Republican budget is an attack on workers and Congress must reject these GOP budget measures.

Sign the petition to Congress: Protect workers in America by REJECTING Republican attempts to slash funding for the NLRB and OSHA.

This is the classic GOP playbook: Attack everyday workers and protect ultra-rich CEOs who donate to Republican campaigns. It’s wrong. And it will absolutely put millions of workers in danger to strip funding from the already chronically underfunded NLRB and OSHA.

While Republicans try to sell America on the false idea that they’re the party for workers, they continue trying to rollback worker protections and labor rights. That’s just part of the story: the GOP is also out to tear apart Social Security after workers have paid into it for decades, and slash taxes for the rich.

This is a critical time to let members of Congress know that we support labor and have our eyes trained on funding for the NLRB and OSHA.

Add your name: Protect workers, protect NLRB and OSHA funding!

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. The Guardian, “'We’re going to see workers die': extreme heat is key issue in UPS contract talks,” July 23, 2023.
  2. Ibid.
  3. House Appropriations Republicans, “Fiscal Year 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, And Related Agencies Appropriations Bill,” 2023.

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