Some of the nation’s largest unions are drawing attention to workers toiling in the heat this week with a number of collective actions aimed at pressuring corporations to provide relief from high temperatures.
The campaign follows the Biden-Harris administration’s proposal last month that would require employers to provide workers with water and cool places to rest when temperatures exceed 80 degrees.
The regulation could take years to finalize. Its fate likely depends on the results of the presidential election.
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But employers “don’t have to wait for the rule to be finalized,” SEIU International President April Verrett told reporters Monday. “We are demanding that all employers meet the standards in the OSHA rule today.”
