Happy Labor Day from Congresswoman Alma Adams

A Message from Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D.

Dear Friends,

Labor Day is a special holiday. Workers are the lifeblood of our nation. We all labor differently - some manufacture and build. Some write and paint. Some raise children or care for their elderly. This weekend we celebrate your service, no matter how you labor.

As a member of the Committee on the Education and the Workforce (E&W) I am determined to fight for all workers, however they work, pray, look, or live their lives.

As the Ranking Member of the E&W Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, I am particularly passionate about worker safety.

Pictures from my visit to Trane Technologies in August, where they recently marked three million working hours, over 10 years, without a safety incident.

One such example of this was my introduction last year of the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury and Fatality Prevention Act, with my fellow colleagues Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), E&W Ranking Member Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

I was very pleased this July, when the Biden-Harris Administration put many of these proposed rules into place through the US Department of Labor, using existing legislation on the books to correctly identify overheating as a common workplace hazard. Workers who grow, pick, and process our food will be safer for it, as will many more working-class people trying to make a living. Lives will be saved. Legislation like this is how we honor labor, this Labor Day and always.

For all those who labor, know that I will never stop fighting for you. Lastly, if there’s anything my office can do for you, whether it’s protecting you as a worker, or providing assistance with any other federal agency, we are happy to help. Simply reply to this email, or call my district office at (704) 344-9971.

Sincerely,

Alma

Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D.