As temps rise, Republicans are trying to block local laws that would protect outdoor workers from heat stroke. If requiring employers to give roofers a 10 min break every 4 hrs would ruin FL's economy, as R's argue, maybe it's not an economy worth saving. www.scientificamerican.com/article/flor...
A Florida proposal follows a Texas law that preempts cities and counties from setting their own standards for working outdoors in the heat
No “maybe” about it.
I'm sure senator Bloodfeast the Impaler (Respectable bipartisan) can come up with an acceptable solution for both sides
Always damned Florida.
If they die, they don't have to pay them, just replace them.
"Let them die, we'll just get more." -Rs, apparently.
When I read this, I was surprised that they never even tried to make any excuses for this, just “the Florida economy needs to kill construction workers in order to function” and then they told reps they weren’t going to allow them to debate the bill.
Texas did it first. Leading the nation in cruelty.
10 minutes every 4 hours. GOP just looking for shit to do to prove how much they hate people.