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South Florida is in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave this early in the season. The heat index the last few days have reached temperatures of 112 degrees.
“It’s insane,” said John Morales, a meteorologist for ClimaData, a private weather forecasting and consulting firm, and a hurricane specialist at WTVJ-TV, the NBC station in Miami. “Not only is it insane, it is also dangerous.”
But this thread is not about climate change it is about the insane law passed by DeSantis and the Radical Florida Republican Party. Last month, DeSantis signed a law that banned local governments requiring outdoor workers be given heat and water breaks or relief from the heat.
“It was a direct response to Miami-Dade County’s effort to require shade and water for construction, farm and other outdoor workers.
But in a state where construction and farming are huge industries — Miami-Dade estimates more than 325,000 workers in that county alone — critics lambasted the bill that keeps local government from protecting workers from heat and sun. Democratic state Sen. Victor Torres called the new law an attack on workers.”
So in an effort to show he is tough guy and to further his climate change denialist agenda, DeSantis in cahoots with his radical Republican brethren, decide to endanger the lives and well-beings of tens of thousands of outdoor workers not just in Miami-Dade County but throughout the State of Florida.
So tell me what is the purpose of a law that prohibits local government from providing protections for outdoor workers such as , taking water and heat breaks, or providing them with relief, when it is 112 degrees outside? The law is just plain sadistic.
Of course all this does is once again show the hypocrisy of Republicans. They Love to talk about local government except when it conflicts with their own ideology.
“It’s insane,” said John Morales, a meteorologist for ClimaData, a private weather forecasting and consulting firm, and a hurricane specialist at WTVJ-TV, the NBC station in Miami. “Not only is it insane, it is also dangerous.”
‘Insane’ Heat Has Been Scorching Miami. It’s Not Even June.
The hottest May on record for the city has experts worried about the summer — and hurricane season — to come.
www.nytimes.com
But this thread is not about climate change it is about the insane law passed by DeSantis and the Radical Florida Republican Party. Last month, DeSantis signed a law that banned local governments requiring outdoor workers be given heat and water breaks or relief from the heat.
“It was a direct response to Miami-Dade County’s effort to require shade and water for construction, farm and other outdoor workers.
But in a state where construction and farming are huge industries — Miami-Dade estimates more than 325,000 workers in that county alone — critics lambasted the bill that keeps local government from protecting workers from heat and sun. Democratic state Sen. Victor Torres called the new law an attack on workers.”
DeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight boards
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and police oversight.
apnews.com
DeSantis nixes local efforts to protect outdoor workers from FL's brutal weather • Florida Phoenix
Gov. Ron DeSantis has quietly signed into law a measure barring local governments from requiring employers to provide workers with basic protections like shade, accessible water, and breaks from the Florida’s scorching heat and humidity. Since the Legislature adjourned its regular session on...
floridaphoenix.com
So in an effort to show he is tough guy and to further his climate change denialist agenda, DeSantis in cahoots with his radical Republican brethren, decide to endanger the lives and well-beings of tens of thousands of outdoor workers not just in Miami-Dade County but throughout the State of Florida.
So tell me what is the purpose of a law that prohibits local government from providing protections for outdoor workers such as , taking water and heat breaks, or providing them with relief, when it is 112 degrees outside? The law is just plain sadistic.
Of course all this does is once again show the hypocrisy of Republicans. They Love to talk about local government except when it conflicts with their own ideology.
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