DeSantis signs bill banning local heat protections for workers
DeSantis signs bill banning local heat protections for workers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed legislation barring local and municipal governments from requiring their own heat protections for workers. The law, House Bill 433, blocks local governments…
The law, House Bill 433, blocks local governments from several activities, including setting a minimum wage higher than that of the state or federal governments. It also restricts local authorities from “[r]equiring an employer, including an employer contracting with the political subdivision, to meet or provide heat exposure requirements not otherwise required under state or federal law” or “[g]iving preference, or considering or seeking information, in a competitive solicitation to an employer based on the employer’s heat exposure requirements,” according to a summary released by the Legislature.
No one is allowed to do anything except desantis. Very authoritarian. It's also a way to ensure no one can compete on workplace safety. Ensuring everywhere is just as stupidly dangerous.
Fuck desantis.
The sole purpose of this bill is to make your life worse. There is not a single appreciable benefit.
There is not a single appreciable benefit.
It'll keep the cost down for businesses. Edit: that's likely why Republicans made this happen
It won't even do that, heatstroke causes a pretty big operating loss.
It's mindless and stupid.
It is neither. This is calculated and cruel.
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"I like him! He's for the little guy!"
"Little guys should melt in the sun."
"Wow. What a dreamboat 😍"
Voting matters 🤷♂️
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Ron DeSantis (R) has signed legislation barring local and municipal governments from requiring their own heat protections for workers.
The bill’s passage comes after the state’s most populous county, Miami-Dade, considered local heat protection rules that would have been among the most stringent in the country.
That proposal would have required employers to provide shade, water and 10-minute breaks to workers every two hours on days over a certain heat threshold.
“Instead of addressing the skyrocketing insurance crisis or protecting our workforce, the Governor chose to abandon millions of hard-working Floridians and leave our state even more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change,” Sierra Club Florida Political Director Luigi Guadarrama said in a statement.
“Instead of offering real solutions for working families, HB433 will endanger the health and lives of thousands of outdoor workers in our state.”
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"evil" is a really particular word. It's hard to call most people "evil" even if they are an objective drain in the world at large, but these people are evil.