Aug 7, 2026 · 16 min · 7 segments
Heat is the leading cause of weather-related workplace deaths—and it's preventable. Yet workers still don't have a federal heat safety standard. In this episode of *Solidarity Works*, USW Health…
Steve SallmanGuestChelsea EngelHostThis conversation was recorded one week before some news that makes it even more urgent.
Last week, the House Education and Workforce Committee advanced H.R. 6213, the Heat Workforce Standards Act, sponsored by Republican Congressman Mark Mesmer of Indiana, on a party line vote of 18 to 15.
It bars the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA's proposed heat, injury, and illness prevention rule.
The one our union submitted written comments and oral testimony in support of.
It blocks any future administration from issuing a substantially similar rule.
Because right now, in the middle of a record-breaking summer that will likely not be our last, it does.
This conversation was recorded one week before some news that makes it even more urgent.
Last week, the House Education and Workforce Committee advanced H.R. 6213, the Heat Workforce Standards Act, sponsored by Republican Congressman Mark Mesmer of Indiana, on a party line vote of 18 to 15.
It bars the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA's proposed heat, injury, and illness prevention rule.
The one our union submitted written comments and oral testimony in support of.
It blocks any future administration from issuing a substantially similar rule.
Because right now, in the middle of a record-breaking summer that will likely not be our last, it does.
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