NYC Workers to Share Experiences with Dangerous Workplace Heat
The Climate Week roundtable will examine heat risks and protection gaps affecting outdoor workers and employees in hot indoor spaces.
- By Danielle Naidu
- Sep 22, 2026
Airport, warehouse, cafeteria, delivery and construction workers will meet with New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su to discuss the health effects of extreme heat on the job.
The roundtable will focus on the physical toll of heat exposure and the safeguards available, or missing, in participants’ workplaces. Workers will also discuss what stronger heat protections would mean for them and their coworkers.
Participants will include airport workers represented by 32BJ SEIU, warehouse workers from the Amazon Labor Union and cafeteria workers represented by Local 372. Amazon delivery drivers represented by Teamsters Local 804 and a sheet metal worker represented by SMART Local 28 are also scheduled to participate.
The TEMP Coalition, chaired by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), is organizing the discussion with Su and the Mayor’s Office of Economic Justice. Other participating organizations include the BlueGreen Alliance and the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH).
Organizers said the discussion will consider enforceable measures intended to prevent heat illness among workers on airport tarmacs, construction sites and delivery routes, as well as inside warehouses, kitchens and other workplaces without adequate cooling.
The roundtable is scheduled for Sept. 22 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET at 32BJ SEIU, 25 West 18th Street in New York City. Registration is required to attend.
About the Author
Danielle Naidu is assistant editor for Security Today, Campus Security Today, Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection Online.