CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Edward Markey (D-MA)

Public Service Worker Protection Act

S. 1881 · Senate bill Labor and Employment

A Democratic bill with 13 Democratic cosponsors · See all 14 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Public Service Worker Protection Act," aims to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The primary purpose is to expand coverage under that Act to include public employees. This expansion would include the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State. The changes would take effect 90 days after enactment, with a specific exception for certain states and political subdivisions.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    This bill expands federal oversight of workplace safety by including state and local government employees under OSHA jurisdiction.

  • Scored +6

    Would union members be better off under this?

    Public service workers receive enhanced federal safety protections through expanded OSHA coverage.

  • Scored +5

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    Expanding OSHA coverage provides enhanced safety protections and workplace rights for public employees.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    The bill reduces the autonomy of states by mandating federal OSHA coverage for public employees.