[1]Cori Bush

John,

Cori just took a critical step to provide employment protection and paid
emergency leave to workers impacted by climate disasters through two
impactful pieces of legislation.

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These bills are necessary to ensure a tragedy like what happened at an
Amazon facility just outside of St. Louis when a tornado killed six
workers, including two of Cori's constituents, never happens again. As the
climate crisis worsens, workers need protection — well beyond what
corporations like Amazon are willing to provide on their own.

The first piece of legislation, the Workers Safety In Climate Disasters
Act, focuses on ensuring workers have the resources and information they
need to make safe decisions during climate disasters. It would:

- Require employers to provide workers paid emergency time off during
climate disasters;
- Protect employees from retaliation, interference, or discrimination for
using that paid emergency time during severe weather instances; and
- Demand employers to monitor ongoing weather events and keep their
employees informed.

Every year we needlessly lose people to the dangers of high winds — often
while on the job. Next, Cori introduced the Wind Safety Standard Act which
would:

- Establish standards for wind speeds too dangerous for work;
- Allow the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop
federal wind safety guidelines and protocols;
- Require employers to develop and train employees on emergency high wind
plans; and
- Institute protections and standards for workers.

Working together we can call on Congress to ensure these bills are passed
and sent to President Biden's desk. [ [link removed] ]Please, will you make a
$5 donation now to power Cori's legislating and organizing
in Congress?



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We’ll keep you posted on the progress of this legislation, in the meantime
rest assured that as long as Cori’s in Congress — she’ll never stop
speaking out on behalf of workers' rights.

Together,

Team Cori


 


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