US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms - Inside Climate News

US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms - Inside Climate News

Ahead of a hotter than normal summer, activists call for immediate action to protect workers from deadly temperatures. “We shouldn’t be waiting for Donald Trump,” one said.By Liza GrossA father died last summer. His son sat on the porch with a baseball glove waiting for a game he never got to play. The man didn’t die in a fire or a fall from a scaffold. He collapsed under the sun on a job site with no shade, no breaks and no water.

Utility Companies Resorting to Life and Death Actions

Dear Editor: Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet in 27 states, it’s perfectly legal for utility companies to shut off electricity on the hottest days of summer, leaving individuals and families without air conditioning in extreme temperatures and threatening their health and safety. […]

US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections For Workers As Planet Warms - Data Intelligence

A father died last summer. His son sat on the porch with a baseball glove waiting for a game he never got to play. The man didn’t die in a fire or a fall from a scaffold. He collapsed under the sun on a job site with no shade, no breaks and no water. “This story isn’t rare,” said Kenneth Seal, a safety specialist with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades at a rally for heat justice in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. “It happens ev…

US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms

Ahead of a hotter than normal summer, activists call for immediate action to protect workers from deadly temperatures. "We shouldn't be waiting for Donald Trump," one said. By Liza Gross A father died last summer. His son sat on the porch with a baseball glove waiting for a game he never got to play. The man didn't die in a fire or a fall from a scaffold. He collapsed under the sun on a job site with no shade, no breaks and no water.