silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 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-up167arrow-down12cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up165arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoHow low is the temp getting at night? Frankly surprised the gov’t hasn’t stepped in to halt daytime activities of all kinds.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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/
How low is the temp getting at night? Frankly surprised the gov’t hasn’t stepped in to halt daytime activities of all kinds.
The govt. doesn’t care…
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/