This is the @Public_Citizen handle for worker rights, occupational health & safety, and whistleblower policy.
Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2011
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Mapping 5 Months of Deadly Heat: 100 million Americans suffered through more than a month of extreme heat in 2023. Check to see how many extreme heat alerts were issued in your area. #ProtectWorkers @UCSUSA citizen.org/article/mapping-…
Protecting workers from extreme heat helps the economy! #HeatStress #ProtectWorkers jec.senate.gov/public/index.…
Inaction costs lives! Saving workers from heat stress can also save the U.S. Economy $100 Billion each year. citizen.org/article/report-c…
Safe Workers retweeted
Reminder: there is no dinner without farmworkers.
This was the hottest summer on record, but farmworkers continue to risk their health and safety everyday without labor protections.
We have to do better.
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Over 20% of workers in Florida are working in 90º+ heat.
And as the state bars cities and counties from instituting heat protections for outdoor workers, they’re requesting even more temporary migrant farm workers.
Exploitation is the point.
wlrn.org/environment/2024-07…
The hottest states in the country, like Florida, are requesting more agricultural workers #HeatStress #ProtectWorkers wlrn.org/environment/2024-07…
Safe Workers retweeted
As temperatures rise, workers need water breaks, they need appropriate break areas, and they need to know that they won’t face retaliation if they need to take a break.
These are common sense protections that we can all get behind, workers and employers alike.
Calling all Florida organizations — ACTION NEEDED TODAY! Please sign on to letter demanding @GovRonDeSantis veto a bill that would prevent cities and counties from enacting worker protections from extreme heat. #ProtectFloridaWorkers forms.gle/azb5ac71aTb5eQnTA
Florida @GovRonDeSantis must #veto HB433 - legislation that would prohibit cities and counties from protecting workers laboring in the extreme FL heat. He could sign the bill as early as tomorrow. Send an email TODAY demanding that he #ProtectWorkers! act.citizen.org/page/65847/a…
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Phoenix passes landmark rule requiring heat protection for outdoor workers | Phoenix | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
The resolution asking the state for better wages for home health aides was buried in a legislative report, because it does’t make a real difference in the lives of home health aides and the people they care for. End 24-hour shifts! Pass Int. 0615-2024 now! @AintIAWomanNY
Thank you to our members for prioritizing this important legislation! Read more about today’s Stated Meeting: council.nyc.gov/press/2024/0…
New York home care aides are forced to work 24-hour shifts and they are only paid for 13 hours - at minimum wage! The New York City Council must take action now and end 24-hour shifts! @NYCCouncil @NYCSpeakerAdams @AintIAWomanNY #ProtectWorkers citizen.org/article/24-hour-…
NC farm where worker died of heat stress cited for OSHA violations, ordered to pay $187,000 fine yahoo.com/news/nc-farm-cited… via @YahooNews
Florida Legislature Approves Law Banning Water Breaks and Cooling Measures for Workers citizen.org/news/florida-leg… We must pass federal legislation directing OSHA to issue a nationwide interim standard to protect workers now! @RepJudyChu
Ten State Attorneys General Petition OSHA for an Emergency Heat Standard and call on congress to pass the Asuncíon Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury and Fatality Prevention Act. We must have protections in place before summer heat envelops us again! citizen.org/news/ten-state-a…
Thank you @NewYorkStateAG @AZAGMayes @AGWillliamTong @COAttnyGeneral @ILAttyGeneral @OAGMaryland @MassAGO
@NewJerseyOAG @PAAttorneyGen @DCAttorneyGen and Maine AG AAron Frey for urging congress to pass the workplace heat stress bill (HR4897/S2501)!
As extreme heat soars, laws to protect outdoor workers are bubbling up — and facing resistance. Congress must act now to #ProtectWorkers by passing H.R.4897 and S.2510! @RepJudyChu @SenAlexPadilla @RepRaulGrijalva statnews.com/2023/11/06/heat… via @statnews
.@Public_Citizen opposes the outrageous HR4957 @USDOL Succession Act - a bill designed to limit the time that @ActSecJulieSu can serve as Acting Labor Secretary.
The Senate must confirm her now! #YESJulieSu bit.ly/NoHR4957 @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema @POTUS
Workers can only last so long in the heat without water and time to rest. Tell Congress to give them a break! #ProtectWorkers publiccitizen.salsalabs.org/…
Can you believe there is no @OSHA_DOL Heat Standard requiring employers to give workers breaks to drink water and cool down?!Tell Congress to take action and save lives publiccitizen.salsalabs.org/… #ProtectWorkers
Andrea - currently a student at UCLA - and her mother Simona both work the fields of CA’s Central Valley. In this video, they share from experience the dangers farm workers face in the fields during extreme heat. #CALOR #WeFeedYou