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Death on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat

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Death on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat

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World News@beehaw.org · 3年前

Record heat is dangerous for workers outside. Even so, Governor Abbott just signed a law preventing local communities from enacting laws for mandatory water breaks.

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more like “how cruel can I be today so i can continue to distract everyone from the truly evil shit we’re doing?”
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  This one’s just a bit of nostalgia from the slavery days for them.
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  That is actually exactly it lmao

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