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Labor Day may have passed, but summer isn't over for the workers still laboring in 95+degree heat. It's not too late for you to support these workers by telling your Representative to [ [link removed] ]support the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act (H.R. 3668). [ [link removed] ] This common-sense legislation directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a workplace heat standard for both indoor and outdoor work and would ensure that workers would have access to water, rest breaks in shaded or climate-controlled spaces, a plan to help workers adjust to the heat, training, anti-retaliation rights, and other measures. Workers are on the front lines of climate change and are the first to feel the impacts of rising temperatures. It's past time Congress passed this critical legislation and puts the health of workers over profits! You can take action TODAY by asking your representative to support H.R. 3668! [ [link removed] ]
Thank you!
Julian




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*Tell your Representatives to endorse sensible heat protections TODAY!!! [ [link removed] ]*



Dear John,



It's time to cool things down for workers. Eighteen of the last nineteen hottest years on record have occurred since 2001 and this year is on track to continue that trend. The effects of this heat are being felt by everyone, *but it is workers on the front lines, working in the fields, on construction sites, or cleaning up after more frequent and powerful storms who are the most impacted.*

As you read headlines about record breaking temperatures, it might surprise you to know that there is no national standard for conditions when working in the heat. It's time to change that!













The *Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act (H.R. 3668)* is an increasingly important and common sense legislation that directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a workplace heat standard [ [link removed] ]for both indoor and outdoor work. [ [link removed] ]

This legislation would ensure that workers would have access to water, rest breaks in shaded or climate-controlled spaces, a plan to help workers adjust to the heat, training, anti-retaliation rights, and other measures.











In Solidarity,

Julian Medrano

Director of Public Policy



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