"Trump memo halts federal rulemaking, indefinitely suspends OSHA's national heat standard,"

On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum instructing all federal agencies to withdraw rules that had not yet been published in the Federal Register and postpone others that had not yet gone into effect. This “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” halted all ongoing government rulemaking, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s process to establish national workplace heat safety regulations...

Antonio De Loera, the UFW’s communications director, says the move is a direct attack on workers:

“I would characterize it as class warfare. It’s rich people sacrificing the lives of working people just so that they can save pennies on the dollar for not providing water, shade or rest breaks.”

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