Bipartisan Teamsters-Backed Legislation
Gains Momentum in Congress
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters commend Senators
Ed Markey (D-MA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Tina
Smith (D-MN), and Bob Casey
(D-PA) for reintroducing the Warehouse Worker Protection Act in the
U.S. Senate. This crucial legislation aims to hold corporations
like Amazon accountable for unsafe working conditions and abusive
production quotas.
First introduced in the Senate in May, this reintroduction
includes Senator Hawley as a new cosponsor, highlighting growing
bipartisan support for the bill.
"Warehouse workers, particularly those at Amazon, have been
subjected to grueling production quotas, resulting in some of the
highest injury rates in the industry, all while struggling with low
pay," said Teamsters General President Sean
M. O'Brien. "Thankfully, putting a stop to these
exploitative practices has begun to gain bipartisan momentum in
both chambers of Congress. We are grateful to lawmakers from both
sides of the aisle for their leadership in supporting this critical
piece of legislation. It's time to pass the Warehouse Worker
Protection Act and ensure workers' safety comes before corporate
greed."
The bill has also garnered bipartisan support in the House of
Representatives, where it was introduced in June by
Representatives Haley Stevens
(D-MI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ),
Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Mike Lawler (R-NY).
This federal legislation follows years of action by the
Teamsters to advance the Warehouse Worker Protection Act in state
legislatures. It is now law in California, New
York, Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota, and has been introduced in more
than a dozen states.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto
Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information.
Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook
at Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202)
624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters