Autocracy Texas Style

[HomerJS]

Linemen have an insanely good union, I doubt he was denied a water break due to the change in this law.

At a minimum heat related illness should be treated the same as any other workplace injury, though.

I guess those union rules are working well. Louisiana, Florida and Hawaii all have higher average temperatures yet Texas leads the country in worker heat related deaths.

 

[zinfamous]

I guess those union rules are working well. Louisiana, Florida and Hawaii all have higher average temperatures yet Texas leads the country in worker heat related deaths.

At least Texas still allows you the Freedom to die from easily avoidable, generations-old methods.

 

[Zorba]

VAguess those union rules are working well. Louisiana, Florida and Hawaii all have higher average temperatures yet Texas leads the country in worker heat related deaths.

I don't think average temperature is a very accurate measure of the extreme temperatures that cause heat related deaths. Also, unless your numbers are normalized by working hours in excessive heat they are pretty meaningless.

I highly doubt LA and FL have stronger heat related employee protections than TX, especially not stronger than the lineman union.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

www.theguardian.com

Just another easily preventable death in TX.

 

[esquared]

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

www.theguardian.com

Just another easily preventable death in TX.

Abbott is a fucking ghoul.