From: bruce2bowser@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 11:21:39 AM UTC-4, Lee wrote in   
   alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:   
   > "People can die": Texas bill would    
   > strip worker water breaks    
   > 08/17/2021    
   >    
   >    
   > A Republican push meant to prevent    
   > Texas municipalities from protecting    
   > workers from the coronavirus pandemic    
   > also threatens to eliminate bare-bones    
   > requirements in two cities giving    
   > construction workers time to hydrate    
   > in the heat.    
   >    
   > Dallas and Austin require employers to    
   > provide construction workers 10-minute    
   > water breaks every four hours. That’s    
   > seen by many as minimal protections in    
   > a state where summer heat routinely    
   > rises above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and    
   > where the number of dangerously hot    
   > days is expected to increase with    
   > climate change.    
   >    
   > S.B. 14 would erase those requirements    
   > as Texas Republicans, angered by local    
   > ordinances requiring mandatory sick    
   > leave during the coronavirus pandemic,    
   > push to eliminate municipalities’    
   > ability to protect workers from other    
   > hazards.    
   >    
   > Construction workers say the bill    
   > endangers them by removing mandatory    
   > COVID-19 precautions and preventing    
   > water break requirements.    
   > https://www.eenews.net/articles/people-can-die-texas-bill-would-strip-wo    
   > rker-water-breaks/   
      
   Sounds pretty bad.   
      
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