Our country has been enduring a blistering heat wave for the past week.

And we know that heat kills more people each year than hurricanes, floods, and
tornadoes combined.

But the American people have been waiting years for the federal government to issue nationwide standards to protect workers
from extreme heat on the job.

* Some 50 million employees in America are exposed to extreme heat on the job.

* And it’s not just outdoor laborers in agriculture and construction — it’s
also indoor workers in factories, warehouses, industrial kitchens, and more.

* Heat killed more than 2,000 workers in the U.S. last year and injured another
170,000.

* And — as with so many unaddressed problems in our country — poor people and
people of color suffer disproportionately.

* On top of all that, the combined failure of OSHA and Big Business to protect
workers costs our economy nearly $100 billion — that’s $100,000,000,000 —
every year, which impacts all of us, whether or not we or anyone we know
works under extreme conditions.

Please take action today even if you’ve taken action before on this critical
issue.

To President Joe Biden: [[link removed]]

It’s getting hotter and hotter. Workers are dying every day. The American people
need your administration to expedite issuing national standards to protect
workers from extreme heat on the job.
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Thanks for taking action.

For progress,

- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen


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