Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Displaying 'punitive cruelty' toward Florida residents who work outdoors, the Republican-controlled state House on Friday approved a bill that would ban local governments from requiring that workplaces provide water breaks and other cooling measures.The state Senate passed the measure on Thursday, with Republicans pushing the bill through as Miami-Dade County was scheduled to vote on local water break protections.
'The vicious inhumanity at the heart of this legislation will cost the lives of and impose needless suffering on workers—especially workers of color and immigrant workers, who make up a disproportionate share of agricultural and construction workers—across the state,' said Juley Fulcher, worker health and safety advocate with Public Citizen. 'Gov. Ron DeSantis should veto this legislation.
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