US workers facing deadly heat borrow from tomato pickers to win key protections
“The heat that we had 30 years ago is not nearly the heat that we have today.”
The Guardian reports: “The heat that we had 30 years ago is not nearly the heat that we have today.”
As efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall, organizers are embracing an approach that targets major brands’ reputations “It’s the kind of heat that makes you feel like you’re being dehydrated, like your skin is drying out,” said Lucas Benitez, after harvesting watermelons with his sons and wife this summer.
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