'President Biden and OSHA have the opportunity to protect workers and to save lives,' said RepCasar. 'Greg Abbott will be on the wrong side of history.'
"In the past month, more than 55 million people were under heat alerts due to a heat wave spanning from Arizona to the Florida coast," the letter observes."If a strong federal heat standard that includes routine breaks for rest, shade, and hydration is enacted this year, it would save lives across the country, while preventing any other statewide attempts to limit local heat protections.
The letter was co-led by Reps. Judy Chu , Sylvia Garcia , Raúl Grijalva , and Bobby Scott , along with Sens. Sherrod Brown , Catherine Cortez Masto , Alex Padilla , and“These heatwaves are dangerous, they are life-threatening, and—with the devastating effects of climate change—they are only getting worse," Sanders said in a statement."I urge the administration to move quickly to create this national heat standard to protect workers on the job.
"We urge that, when drafting the heat standard, OSHA incorporates the best practices from these state rules by using them as the baseline for the federal standard," wrote the congressional Democrats."We additionally request that you model the standard after the provisions in the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatalities Prevention Act.
While the AGs expressed support for OSHA's recent move to initiate rulemaking for a permanent heat standard, they lamented that this process"is expected to take several years, leaving millions of outdoor and indoor workers exposed to dangerous levels of heat in the interim."
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