Greg Abbott Axes Water For Texas Construction Workers Amid 3-Digit Temperatures

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As his state faced a dangerous heat wave this week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a broad new law that will nullify a wide range of local regulations, including mandated water breaks for construction workers, beginning Sept. 1, according to The Texas Tribune.


The new Republican-backed law strips the ability of local municipalities to enact certain regulations in favor of state authority, ostensibly to “provide statewide consistency.” It covers a wide range, including other worker protections, environmental protections, housing protections and more.

Among its supporters were several construction business associations.

Dallas and Austin currently require workers to be given at least 10 minutes to cool down and hydrate every four hours.

Abbott signed the legislation Tuesday. On Thursday and Friday, some areas of the state began setting new heat records, and others are expected to chart new highs as temperatures soar into triple-digits over the next several days.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/greg-abbott-axes-water-texas-213018800.html
 
guno said:
Texas is already the top state for worker deaths due to heat, according to the Texas Tribune.
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Texas Tribune is unabashedly WOKE, I would need to see the source of the claim as the WOKE routinely lie their asses off.
 
Imagine working a cotton fields, or road construction? Jefe, Puedo tomar agua? Por favor? Fact is, 5 minutes every hour and ensure crews are drinking water to hydrate. Break every two hours to catch some shade...So last year when at least 279 people across Texas died from heat, or the 700 that froze in Feb 2021, one would imagine a Governor to create legislation that protects citizens.
 
In scorching-hot Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott just took away construction workers’ right to a rest break

On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 2127 — the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act — which bars cities and counties from passing regulations that are stricter than state ones. It also overturns local rules such as ordinances in Austin and Dallas that mandate rest breaks for construction workers.

Three years before Dallas implemented its rest-break ordinance in 2015, Ontiveros lost feeling in his arm after painting high school stadium stairs for more than 10 hours in 112-degree heat, he told Public Health Watch through a translator.

“The other workers called paramedics and I was rushed to the hospital, where I spent seven days battling tendonitis,” Ontiveros, 61, said. “Aside from the physical and emotional trauma of recovering from an illness exacerbated by extreme heat, I was out seven days of work, with no help from work to pay my medical bills.”

While doctors recommended that he stay home to recover, Ontiveros said it wasn’t financially possible. He spent several years in physical therapy but said he still has to be careful, especially in the heat. “It’s changed my life,” he said, “but I’ve had to learn to deal with it …”

https://www.tpr.org/government-poli...ay-construction-workers-right-to-a-rest-break
 
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