On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:09:41 -0000 (UTC), Rick
<privatemail@protonmail.com> wrote:

>>Florida baffles experts by
>>banning local water break
>>rules as deadly heat is on
>>the rise
>>Apr 19
>>
>>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.
>>
>>The law will primarily affect
>>low-income workers of color,
>>Guadarrama said: "Currently,
>>the state legislature has no
>>interest in protecting workers."
>>
>>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/18/florida-bans-local
>>-heat-rules-for-outdoor-workers-baffling-experts/73355824007/
>
>There's a theory out there saying that rightists are too lazy and
>witholding water will make them work hard for a change.
>

Just show us where people were denied water.

>In Texas and Alabama they with hold water and even brought back the
>whipping post to teach the rightists a lesson if they don't work hard.

"with hold"?