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Teamsters, warehouse workers and unions urge committee to pass quotas and heat-safety bills
Summary
Union leaders, warehouse employees and labor advocates told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development that bills to limit secret quotas and to require employer protections from extreme temperatures are needed to curb injuries and heat- and cold-related illness in Massachusetts warehouses and distribution centers.
A coalition of Teamsters representatives, current and former warehouse employees, and public-health advocates testified June 18 before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in favor of bills that would curb secret productivity quotas and require employers to protect workers from extreme heat and cold.
The bills discussed most often were House 2103 (warehouse quota protections) and House 3995 (protections from extreme temperatures), and their Senate counterparts (Senate 1307 and Senate 1355). Teamsters Local 25 President Thomas Murray told the committee the bills would “allow employees to require their work speed data” and shield workers from retaliation for requesting that information.
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