{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-markey-reintroduce-warehouse-worker-protection-act/", "Hawley, Markey Reintroduce Warehouse Worker Protection Act", "2025-08-04", "2025", "2025-08", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Haley Stevens (MI-11) in reintroducing the bipartisan and bicameral Warehouse Worker Protection Act.\n\nThis legislation would protect nearly 2 million of our nations\u2019 warehouse workers by banning hazardous work speed quotas that push workers beyond their limits and lead to high rates of injuries.\n\n\u201cCorporations need to prioritize their workers\u2019 safety and well-being over profits. This bipartisan legislation will hold the warehouse industry accountable while combatting the industry\u2019s worst practices. It\u2019s time to put workers\u2019 safety first and treat them with the dignity they deserve,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\n\u201cWorkers deserve to clock in knowing they will return home safe and healthy at the end of their shift. The Warehouse Worker Protection Act would protect the basic health and dignity of workers from corporate bosses who time and again have prioritized unfettered greed and profit over their own people,\u201d said Senator Markey. \u201cI am proudly in solidarity with nearly two million warehouse workers nationwide in the fight to ensure that their rights, safety, and dignity are protected.\u201d\n\nThe Warehouse Worker Protection Act would:\n\nInstitute basic standards to ensure warehouse workers experience a safe and dignified workplace.\n\nProhibit the use of speed quotas.\n\nProhibit measures that prevent warehouse workers from exercising their right to unionize.\n\nThe Warehouse Worker Protection Act is endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:47Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-markey-reintroduce-warehouse-worker-protection-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9547681547701359, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}