"Business groups and lobbyists have aggressively opposed efforts at state and federal levels to enact #HeaProtection standards for #workers.

#FarmWorkers and advocacy groups are also pushing to include heat protections for farm workers in the 2023 farm bill currently being considered by Congress. But with Republicans in control of Congress, such a measure is unlikely to pass."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/31/heat-protections-workers-big-business-lobbies

Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils

It could take years for the federal regulator Osha to set new heat rules as excessive temperatures are killing Americans at work

The Guardian