PCCA firmly opposes recently reintroduced the Warehouse Worker Protection Act and joined 45 other industry organizations in sending a letter to Congress outlining the serious consequences it would have on our members and the broader economy. While we share the priority of protecting workers, the proposed bill would "impose long-discarded and unworkable regulations on warehouse distribution centers, curtail employers’ due process rights when challenging OSHA citations, and hamstring a critical part of our national supply chain."
As the coalition's letter explains, the standards proposed in the bill were already found to be so unworkable that a substantial bipartisan majority of Congress overturned them in the first-ever use of the Congressional Review Act. Reviving these failed policies would only compromise warehouse and distribution operations and place unnecessary burdens on nearly every industry sector nationwide.
The legislation was reintroduced on July 31 by Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), along with Representatives Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), and Haley Stevens (D-Mich.).