As extreme heat waves sweep across the United States, workers in various industries are facing significant health risks due to inadequate heat protection standards. Terri Gerstein, the director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, highlights the dangers faced by laborers in fields, warehouses, and restaurants. In Florida, millions of workers are enduring triple-digit temperatures without workplace heat standards. California has taken a pioneering step by establishing heat protections for indoor workers, but the rest of the country lacks enforceable rules. This has led to increased unionization efforts and demands for better protections, including heat pay. Despite the dangers, many employers are neglecting safety regulations, exacerbating the risks for their employees.
Bosses are ignoring their own safety regulations, depriving workers of protections against scorching heat waves. Workers are organizing to demand better conditions — and using this lack of safety as a catalyst for unionization. https://t.co/94P8TNLVeJ
Amid soaring temperatures across the US, workers at risk of heat stroke and death on the job are demanding better protections. In some cases, the threat of overheating has fueled unionization efforts and innovative demands like heat pay. https://t.co/94P8TNLnpb
California regulators just voted to establish heat protections for indoor workers for the first time. But few if any enforceable rules protect workers in the rest of the country—and American workers will keep dying from this heat, @ZoeSchlanger writes. https://t.co/lqpvlbSshY
This summer, millions of workers in Florida are facing triple-digit temperatures without any workplace heat standards to protect them. Thank you @ActSecJulieSu for meeting with our worker leaders & union partners to uplift the need for a national heat standard @USDOL https://t.co/GLjTsLqCsw
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It's hot out there. Take a moment to read this urgent & important op-ed from @TerriGerstein calling on state and local governments to act to protect workers from heat illness. https://t.co/4UdQbzzaKB
In @nytopinion “From fields to warehouses to restaurants, laborers are in danger of illness, injuries and even death in this heat wave,” Terri Gerstein, the director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, writes in a guest essay. https://t.co/nU9izTGMEr