URGE YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM PREVENTABLE INJURY AND DEATH

Asuncion Valdivia was 53 years old, working a 10-hour shift picking grapes in the sun on a 100-degree July day.

He collapsed from heatstroke and died as his son valiantly tried to get him to the hospital.

U.S. workers don’t have basic protections against deadly heat, and the climate crisis is intensifying this hazard. 

The Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act, just introduced in Congress, is our chance to change this.

Take action now.

Email your U.S. representative and demand that they protect workers from deadly heat.

This bill will protect workers by ensuring they have access to water, rest and shade, or a cool environment during dangerously hot days.

Whether it’s a worker laboring under the scorching sun or in a sweltering warehouse without proper ventilation, no worker should be denied basic protections against dangerous heat.

These are common sense safety measures proven to save lives.

Urge your member of Congress to co-sponsor this bill to protect workers from preventable injury and death.

Heat is the leading weather-related killer in the U.S., and the problem is only growing worse due to the climate crisis.

An estimated 290 million Americans will see temperatures hit 90 degrees or more during the next week — and this legislation could help ensure workers won’t die in the future in extreme conditions like these.

Thanks for raising your voice,               

Shanna Devine
Public Citizen’s Worker Health & Safety Advocate