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Florida workers brace for summer with no protections - bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed

submitted by paul_neri to Florida 1 weekMay 5, 2024 00:23:25 ago (+7/-2)     (www.theguardian.com)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/04/florida-worker-heat-water-protection



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[ - ] RMGoetbbels 1 point 1 weekMay 5, 2024 06:58:34 ago (+1/-0)

He said employers rarely provide workers with water, leaving workers to ensure they bring enough water to work or find a hose to drink from.

Water, shade and rest breaks are a human right! We can't be expected to bring our own water or umbrella!

The exemption came in response to efforts by farm workers in Miami-Dade county to pass heat protections, including proper rest breaks, access to water and shade, as increasingly warming temperatures have expanded the days farm workers are exposed to heat.

Farm workers.........immigrants on work visas. Oy vey, climate change.....

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 1 weekMay 5, 2024 07:52:26 ago (+0/-0)

Depending where you live, you either get (read: hazardous for long-term exposure) "extreme" heat or cold...sometimes both.

I'm reading this as "cities aren't allowed to spend money on something the businesses should assist with".

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 1 weekMay 5, 2024 07:49:17 ago (+0/-0)

temperature reached 100F in Orlando

Yet somehow every Texan hasn't died.

[ - ] DukeofRaul 0 points 1 weekMay 5, 2024 00:26:29 ago (+0/-0)

I fucked them

[ - ] paul_neri [op] -3 points 1 weekMay 5, 2024 00:27:36 ago (+0/-3)

Please be polite. This is not Reddit!

[ - ] DukeofRaul 0 points 1 weekMay 5, 2024 00:38:54 ago (+0/-0)

Im a power mod here

[ - ] paul_neri [op] -2 points 1 weekMay 5, 2024 00:42:46 ago (+0/-2)

I know that but you should be setting a good example!