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	"author_name": "Texas AFL-CIO",
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	"title": "Protect Texas Workers",
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	"description": "Join us in the fight to protect Texas Workers - Demand that Gov. Abbott adds statewide heat protections for Texas workers to the upcoming special session! Español abajo*** Workers across Texas are regularly exposed to extreme environmental heat on the job. In these types of working conditions, basic safety provisions such as rest breaks, protective equipment, clean drinking water, and emergency first aid are critical provisions to ensure safe workplaces. For a significant portion of the state’s workforce, these protections remain out of reach. Currently, no state or federal law protects workers laboring in extreme weather conditions or gives them the right to take a break when they need to drink water or rest for a moment in the shade. In response, Texas cities implemented protections. Cruelly, these local rules will be rescinded on Sept. 1 as a result of HB 2127, putting more workers in danger. At least 42 construction workers died in Texas between 2011 and 2021 from environmental heat exposure, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Multiple workers have died from heat exposure in Texas in just the last month alone. All of these deaths were preventable. Even though Texas workers are dying, Gov. Abbott has chosen to ignore calls to address statewide protections and now that temperatures are in the triple digits across the state, workers&#x27; lives remain at risk because of his inaction. To prevent any further worker illnesses or deaths, Gov. Abbott must act NOW and add legislation that requires rest and water breaks to the next special session call – because no worker deserves to die on the job. Join us in demanding Governor Abbott to protect Texas workers. SEND A LETTER NOW! Los trabajadores en el estado de Texas están expuestos regularmente al calor extremo en el trabajo. En este tipo de condiciones de trabajo, las protecciones básicas como los descansos, el equipo de protección, agua potable limpia, y los primeros auxilios de emergencia, son disposiciones críticas para garantizar lugares de trabajo seguros. Para una parte significativa de la fuerza laboral del estado, estas protecciones siguen estando fuera de su alcance. Actualmente, no hay ni ley estatal, ni federal que protege a los trabajadores que trabajan afuera en condiciones climáticas extremas, o que les dé el derecho a tomar un descanso cuando necesitan tomar agua, o descansar en la sombra por un momento. En respuesta, ciudades en Texas implementaron protecciones. Con crueldad, estas leyes locales serán rescindidas el primero Septiembre, como resultado de HB 2127, poniendo en riesgo a más trabajadores. Al menos 42 trabajadores de la construcción han muerto en Texas desde 2011 y 2021 a causa de exposición al calor extremo de acuerdo a la oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de Estados Unidos. Múltiples trabajadores han muerto por exposición al calor en Texas, solo en el mes pasado. Todas estas muertes fueron prevenibles. Aunque los trabajadores de Texas se están muriendo, el Gobernador Abbott ha optado por ignorar las llamadas para abordar las protecciones en todo el estado y ahora que las temperaturas están en los tres dígitos en todo el estado, las vidas de los trabajadores siguen en riesgo debido a su inacción. Para evitar más enfermedades o muertes de trabajadores, el gobernador Abbott debe actuar AHORA y agregar legislación que requiera descansos y descansos para tomar agua en la próxima sesión especial, porque ningún trabajador merece morir en el trabajo. Únase a nosotros para exigir al gobernador Abbott que proteja a los trabajadores de Texas. ¡ENVÍE UNA CARTA AHORA! Signed, ACLU of Texas AFGE AFGE Local 2516 AFGE Local 1003 AFGE Local 252 AFSCME Local 1624 Alliance/AFT Local 2260 Amalgamated Transit Union 1091 American Federation of Government Employees American Postal Workers Union APALA APWU Local 114 Asian Texans for Justice ATU Local 1091 ATU Local 1338 ATU Local 694 Austin Area Central Labor Council Austin EMS Association Avow Texas Corpus Christi AFT Central Texas Building and Construction Trades Council Central Texas Interfaith Clean Elections Texas Coalition of Black Trade Unionists San Antonio Chapter Coalition of Labor Union Women Texas Communications Workers of America CRECEN CWA Local 6201 CWA Local 6132 CWA Local 6137 CWA Local 6143 CWA Local 6215 CWA Local 6222 Dallas Building Trades Council Deeds Not Words El Paso Central Labor Union Equal Justice Center Every Texan Every Texan United Extinction Rebellion Houston Fe y Justicia Worker Center Fort Worth Building Trades Council Ground Game Texas Gulf Coast Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Houston Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trades Council HOPE AFSCME Local 123 Houston Federation of Teachers Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative Houston Rebel Alliance International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 2916 IATSE 51 IATSE 896 IATSE 896 IBEW 278 IBEW 520 IBEW 716 IBEW Local 520 IBEW Local Union 20 IBEW Local 220 Immigrant Legal Resource Center Indivisible Katy Huddle Insulators Local 22 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 20 International Longshoremen’s Association Local 24 International Union of Elevator Constructors Ironworkers District Council of Texas and the Mid-South Stated Ironworkers Local 263 Ironworkers Local 482 IUE/CWA Local 86787 IUEC Local 21 IUEC Local 81 IUOE Local 564 La Union del Pueblo Entero - LUPE Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), Southwest Laborers District Council (SWLDC), LIUNA Local 1095 Lilith Fund Living Hope Wheelchair Association El Paso Association of Firefighters Local 51 Local Progress Texas MISMA MOVE Texas Action Fund NAKASEC National Nurses United New Economy for Working Houston Northeast Houston AFT Operative Plasterers’ &amp;amp; Cement Masons’ International Association (OPCMIA) OPEIU Local 277 Planned Parenthood Texas Votes Plant it Forward Progress Texas Public Citizen San Antonio AFL-CIO Seafarers International Union SEIU Texas Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Smith County Regional Labor Council Somos Tejas Tarrant County Central Labor Council TX AFLCIO Teamsters Texas AFL-CIO Texas AFT Texas Appleseed Texas Building Trades Council Texas Campaign for the Environment Texas Civil Rights Project Texas Climate Jobs Project Texas Equal Access Fund Texas Freedom Network Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation Texas IAF Network of Organizations Texas Impact Texas Organizing Project Texas Poor People&#x27;s Campaign Texas Postal Workers Union Texas State Association of Electrical Workers Texas State Association of Letter Carriers Texas State Legislative Board BLET Texas State Teachers Association The Border Network for Human Rights Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) Transport Workers Union TWU TWU 513 TWU 556 UA Plumbers &amp;amp; Pipefitters Local Union 286 UA Plumbers Local Union 68 United Auto Workers Local 276 UFCW Local 540 UNITE HERE Local 23 United Steelworkers   USW Local 13-228 USW Local 13-2001 USW Local 13-243 USW Local 1398 Woori Juntos Workers Defense Action Fund Young Invincibles",
	"url": "https://act.aflcio.org/letters/statewide-heat-protections"
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