Mother Jones - A year after a union contract won “historic heat protections” for UPS drivers, the Teamsters are still pushing the company to do more to protect workers in vehicles that can reach up to 120 degrees. Multiple employees told Mother Jones their vehicles are still hot—and dangerous...
The Biden administration recently announced an OSHA rule proposal
to set a national heat safety standard for both indoor and outdoor
workers. Delivery drivers, like workers in construction and agriculture,
are uniquely vulnerable to extreme heat. A Politico analysis
of OSHA data from 2015 to 2022 found that after construction workers,
delivery and mail workers had the second-highest rates of heat-related
illness. Drivers for Amazon and FedEx contractors have raised concerns about working in the heat, and lawmakers recently urged the US Postal Service to expand heat protections.
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