CelloMom On Cars"An ongoing #heatwave, which has sent temperatures in Texas into the triple-digits, is fueling calls from advocates and others for #WorkerProtections, especially as #ClimateChange is expected to exacerbate such conditions in the years to come.
And while the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (#OSHA) in October 2021 issued an “advanced notice” that it would propose a rule, that hasn’t happened yet.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4072477-texas-heat-wave-worker-protections/
Texas heat wave invigorates calls for worker heat protections
When he works at his job as a painter in Texas’s extreme heat, Maynor Alvarez can feel the toll the weather takes on him. He and his colleagues have suffered symptoms from cramps to headaches, feeling like they’re going to throw up. He’s felt his heart racing and needed to take breaks. “All of us who have…