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:

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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