silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agoA Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127°F | Pakistan and India are sweltering. For laborers, not working because of the extreme temperatures can mean not eating.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkA Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127°F | Pakistan and India are sweltering. For laborers, not working because of the extreme temperatures can mean not eating.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoeh some are more humane than others. see US states that actually try to protect workers like WA vs states that are actively legislating rules to prevent people from protecting workers, like Texas and Florida. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea https://cwa-union.org/news/desantis-signs-anti-worker-bill-against-heat-regulation-florida https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/countries/united-states/poverty-in-the-us/best-and-worst-states-work-america-2020/
eh some are more humane than others. see US states that actually try to protect workers like WA vs states that are actively legislating rules to prevent people from protecting workers, like Texas and Florida. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea
https://cwa-union.org/news/desantis-signs-anti-worker-bill-against-heat-regulation-florida
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/countries/united-states/poverty-in-the-us/best-and-worst-states-work-america-2020/