The proposed cuts would gut the Labor Department's ability to enforce the labor laws that guarantee basic rights and protections for workers nationwide.
Protecting people from extreme heat is imperative, and California should not ignore the needs of those who work in the state’s prisons and jails, including detainees.
Analysis finds company’s pay lags behind other warehouse employers, insufficient for workers to approach even average earnings in the counties where they work.
As global warming leads extreme heat around the world, workers are exposed to serious health risks because their livelihoods depend on them carrying on regardless.