‘New Territory’ for Americans: Deadly Heat in the Workplace
www.nytimes.com
Deaths are rising sharply, and the Biden administration is trying to respond. Its plan faces big hurdles.

This is why a number of Republican-controlled states have banned municipal governments from imposing workplace rules to limit heat exposure.

  • Diplomjodler
    4•7 months ago

    I think you’re wrong. If they actually cared about profits, it would be easy to understand that a healthy workforce is better. But these people just enjoy inflicting misery.

    • Maeve
      1•7 months ago

      Correct. Just as they expect farm animals to be treated as machinery, they expect humans to be treated as machinery – unless it’s themselves and those they deem worthy.