Democratic Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett said they are hoping for changes, and quickly, with more dangerously hot weather ahead this summer.
The letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy asks questions about what the Postal Service is doing following the death of USPS worker Eugene Gates Jr., who collapsed on June 20 in Dallas during a stretch of extreme heat.
It points to incidents like the 2019 death of California mail carrier Peggy Frank, who was found dead in a non-air conditioned mail truck in high heat. The letter poses questions like, how often have unions requested to adjust work hours' due to heat, and whether the Postal Service prioritizes repairing and replacing vehicles in areas with extreme heat?
"I absolutely believe that this is something that the U.S. House needs to take up, not just because of what happened in Dallas, in District 30, but because of what can foreseeably happen in other states that are heating up," Crockett said. Crockett said she's not happy with answers she's received so far from the Postal Service about how and when it adjusts hours due to heat."These aren't people that are signing up to fight fires or signing up to fight crime, where we know that there is an absolute danger when they sign up," Crockett said. "These are people that are literally just trying to work good, honest jobs.
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