cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1628233
House Bill 2127, which takes effect on Sept. 1, will do away with local rules that require water breaks for construction workers. The cities of Austin and Dallas, for example, require 10-minute breaks every four hours. San Antonio officials had been considering a similar ordinance.
“We are human beings who need respect,” Martínez said. “We really need to be allowed to work without problems, without any barriers … Believe me, we are dying inside those buildings when they take away our water and our [break] time.”
I think of stuff like this when people say that the point is cruelty. Honestly, how much more work can anyone believe that they’re going to squeeze out of heat exhausted workers by denying shade and water breaks? It doesn’t make sense as a productivity measure, but some dip shit manager is still going to make people do it just to flex on them.
Exactly. It’s 10 minutes. What kind of asshole do you have to be to demand it?
The same type of asshole who believes in “time theft”