I hope the Committee will continue to move the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act forward.
It is time that the rest of the country's workers are equally protected.
The bill we introduced yesterday similarly establishes a Federal standard for heat stress protections.
His grief was deep, especially because he knew that his father's death was 100 percent preventable.
This is why we also support the legislation by Congresswoman Chu and Congressman Grijalva to require OSHA to create a heat stress standard.
I carried a bill in the California legislature to require water, shade, and rest periods to protect all outdoor workers.
One day, Asuncion picked grapes for 10 hours straight in 105-degree temperatures. Then he fell over unconscious.
I have been passionate about this issue for well over a decade when I first carried a heat protection bill in the California legislature in ...
This legislation would require OSHA to issue a standard within 42 months that would mandate employers to provide both indoor and outdoor wor...
That is why during this hearing, we will also assess H.R. 3668, the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019, intr...
This drove us to take action. After a string of heat deaths in 2005, the UFW worked with now Representative Judy Chu and Governor Arnold Sch...