WASHINGTON — Rep. Jasmine Crockett is leading a group of 15 House Democrats who want answers from the U.S. Postal Service about its labor practices after the death of Eugene Gates Jr., a Dallas letter carrier who collapsed on the job during a heat wave.
Gates, 66, died June 20 at the hospital from what his widow believes was a heat-related illness, although the cause has not been officially determined. He had worked for the postal service for more than 35 years.
“His unnecessary and untimely death was likely preventable and a stark reminder of the costs of the global climate emergency and the effect of more frequent and damaging extreme weather events,” Crockett and her colleagues wrote Friday in a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
