More than 1.5 million workers in North Carolina risk their health and their lives working in jobs that expose them to high heat with little to no protections in place. Join CACHE and other members of the North Carolina Heat Stress Coalition to speak out against the deceptively named Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025, H.R. 6213, which puts the health and the lives of workers at risk.

In recognition of the growing problem of workplace heat exposure, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings  proposed rule in 2024. The proposed rule was the product of several years of thoughtful work by OSHA in consultation with scientists and other experts.

But legislation now pending in Congress, H.R. 6213, could undo all of this progress to protect working people. This legislation forbids the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the heat injury and illness prevention standard proposed by OSHA, along with any “substantially similar” rule.

Join us in speaking up for workers in our state! Send a message to Congress today saying workers in North Carolina deserve water, shade, and rest during extreme heat. Reject H.R.6213.