It’s blistering hot, but Texas workers have lost the right to water breaks | Opinion
Demonstrators hold up signs written in Spanish asking for "water, shade rest" and a cutout of a hot worker asking, "do I have rights?", Wednesday, June 21, 2023, during a rally by outdoor workers demanding workplace protections against extreme heat in Miami.
Greg Abbott overturned local laws mandating water and heat breaks for construction workers. It is the latest fallout from the governor and the GOP-controlled Legislature’s ongoing assault on the authority of local cities and counties to regulate.We warned against such consequences when a slew of such bills surfaced in Austin to bar local governments from writing laws that impact the Agriculture, Finance, Labor, Natural Resources or Occupations codes.
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