Florida baffles experts by banning local water break rules as deadly heat is on the rise
Florida baffles experts by banning local water break rules as deadly heat is on the rise
Florida's new law has shocked and angered some who say outdoor workers need more protections, not less.
Sweltering summer heat might have been more bearable for outdoor workers in Miami-Dade County under a proposal that suggested mandated breaks in the shade on the hottest days – but Florida said no.
The county's proposal to establish heat rules for workers has been preempted by a new law: Florida has joined Texas in banning such local rules for outdoor workers. Meanwhile, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington have passed laws giving more protections to construction workers who work in extreme heat.
Florida's new law has frustrated and angered some experts and advocates for construction workers and farmworkers. As summers get hotter over the years, outdoor workers will need more protections, not fewer, said Luigi Guadarrama, political director of Sierra Club Florida said.
The law will primarily affect low-income workers of color, Guadarrama said: “Currently, the state legislature has no interest in protecting workers."
Other advocates also say more protections for outdoor workers are needed.
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Unions are the answer to this #GOP madness.
DeSantis is hoping to ban those too, I'm sure.
In St. Johns County, on the Atlantic shore of Northeast Florida, more than 55% of public school teachers paid their union dues this last year. Despite that, nearly 3,500 teachers are facing the threat of having their union representation revoked. At the same time, in Southwest Florida, only 16% of law enforcement officers of the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office paid union dues last year. Their union is under absolutely no threat of being decertified.
As always, ACAB.
And an additional WTF for DuhSantis' utter stupidity.
Police unions aren't labor unions because police aren't labor. Instead, they're the enforcers for the ruling class.
Labor unions are good and valid. Police unions are not.
That wasn't as funny as you made it sound.