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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1919280

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

  • @RagingHungryPandaEnglish
    62•1 year ago

    In case anyone isn’t in the know, Gov. Greg Abbott just removed mandatory water breaks for construction workers

    • @[email protected]English
      25•1 year ago

      Welcome to your future current capitalist hell-scape. Denied water breaks in record breaking heat waves, dying because of said forced work without water, accused of taking drugs because your dying makes you act odd.

      Brought to you by the same people that deny global warming.

    • ██████████English
      16•1 year ago

      The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed a fine of $13,052 against the construction firm for failing to protect workers from heat hazards on the job, which the company is contesting.

      wow human lives sure are cheap

    • @[email protected]English
      3•1 year ago

      Sounds like the tort system is going fix that for them. No employer is going to risk million dollar wrongful death suits for very long.

      • @joel_feilaEnglish
        6•1 year ago

        That’s why they hire migrants both legal and illegal. It gives you a better guillotine blade to hold over them