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Only a few states have rules to protect workers from the growing threat of extreme heat, either indoors or outdoors. California is expected to adopt heat standards for indoor workers in spring, even as federal legislation has stalled.

Warehouse workers who work in hot indoor environments say the climate crisis is moving faster than much-needed indoor heat regulation.

For years, the e-commerce giant could shield its vast archipelago of warehouses against disruptions from workers. Then it got even bigger.

In the 20th century, organizing basic industries like coal, steel, and manufacturing automobiles was key to reviving the labor movement. Today, Amazon workers occupy the same strategic position.

Amazon workers in San Bernardino, California walked off the job Monday in protest of low wages and unsafe working conditions.

A walkout in Southern California over pay and heat safety shows how labor organizing has spread to yet another division of the e-commerce behemoth's business.

Workers at Amazon's air freight facility are demanding better pay and relief from high temperatures they say regularly reach unsafe levels.

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