US heatwave: A third of Americans under extreme heat advisories
US heatwave: A third of Americans under extreme heat advisories
Emergency room doctors are treating dehydrated construction workers and others with heat exhaustion.
Didn’t some red state governor just make it illegal for construction workers to have required rest-and-water breaks? Bad timing…
Didn’t Texas just say that workers don’t have to be given water breaks?
sure did. however, that law technically doesn't take effect until Sep 1. however, it seems some employers are already taking advantage of it to harm and kill their employees. also important to note that the temperature in much of Texas can still be well above 90F through the end of October, so Sep 1 is not a meaningful date WRT working through the summer - there will likely be many 100F+ days after this law officially begins.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/14/texas-houston-worker-protest-water-breaks-law/
Didn’t some red state governor just make it illegal for construction workers to have required rest-and-water breaks? Bad timing…
Great timing, actually. What better way to invoke change than let people get affected by the consequences of their actions?