Democrats renewed their efforts on Wednesday to require the Department of Labor to issue heat protections for workers.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced the “Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act” for the past five years, to no avail.
But this year, the bill is being introduced as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is actively weighing whether and how to move forward with worker heat protections proposed by the Biden administration.
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The legislation is named after a California vineyard worker who died in 2004 after picking grapes in 100-degree heat for 10 hours.
