Back in 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, started the process to design workplace safety rules to protect workers from extreme heat conditions. Four years later, those standards have yet to make it through the rulemaking process. Meanwhile, according to the State Climatology Office, southern Wisconsin has experienced 38 days of extreme heat and 24 days of poor air quality so far in 2025. With climatologists predicting even further temperature and air quality hazards in the years to come, some labor unions are tired of waiting for federal rules and are taking matters into their own hands. Alex Dudek is a public health nurse for Dane County, President of AFSCME Local 895 and Chair of the Dane County Safety and Working Conditions Study Committee. Alex joined the Monday Buzz on Labor Day, September 1, 2025.

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