Title: Recognizing the contributions of distribution and warehousing workers during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
This resolution recognizes the contributions of distribution, delivery, and warehousing workers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and calls upon the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to ensure that employers maintain safe workplaces for such workers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 923 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 923

 Recognizing the contributions of distribution and warehousing workers 
                 during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2020

  Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. 
  Norton, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. 
 McCollum, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mrs. Torres of 
 California) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing the contributions of distribution and warehousing workers 
                 during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

Whereas the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a state of 
        unprecedented economic disruption in the United States;
Whereas the widespread implementation of stay-at-home measures and restrictions 
        on many categories of businesses produced a surge in demand for delivery 
        services, with its effects felt at every link in the supply chain;
Whereas employees in warehouses, shipping, and distribution centers have been 
        called upon to fulfill this increased demand as essential workers during 
        the pandemic;
Whereas these employees work for long hours in physically demanding roles doing 
        tasks essential for the economy;
Whereas these employees have frequently lacked the personal protective equipment 
        needed to fully guard against COVID-19;
Whereas some employees are reported to have contracted the virus, and many 
        workers fear that they may contract the virus because their essential 
        work means they cannot remain at home; and
Whereas workers in many facilities have requested their companies support them 
        by providing information, safety equipment, adequate compensation, and 
        other conditions necessary for them to do their jobs with confidence: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) declares that workers involved in the warehousing, 
        distribution, and delivery industries play a vital role in 
        sustaining the Nation during this emergency;
            (2) expresses gratitude to these workers and all who are 
        performing essential tasks during this outbreak;
            (3) supports these workers' receiving hazard pay, personal 
        protective equipment, and adequate health insurance; and
            (4) calls upon the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Administration to ensure that employers in these industries are 
        maintaining a safe workplace free from hazards that are causing 
        or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to 
        employees, including from COVID-19.
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