OLYMPIA — Washington warehouse workers would gain basic safety protections in an effort to prevent increasing on-the-job injury rates, under a bill filed today by Sen. Steve Conway (D-Tacoma). SB 5891 would prohibit quotas that prevent workers from being able to go to the bathroom or taking meal or rest breaks. It would also require that businesses are honest and transparent about quotas with workers and safety regulators. “Warehouse workers in highly automated settings are being injured at higher and higher rates as companies push them to work faster during the pandemic,” said Conway, vice chair of the Senate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs Committee. “This bill would ensure that they can’t be set up for injury with unreasonable quotas.” Each ...
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Having served the 29th District as a State Representative for 18 years, Steve is now the Democratic senator for the Pierce County district that includes South Tacoma, East Lakewood and Parkland.
In addition to serving in a leadership role as the Vice President Pro Tempore, he is a member of the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee and also serves on the Senate Ways & Means and Health & Long Term Care committees.
Read Sen. Conway’s full biography here.
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