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Florida Ban on Protections for Outdoor Workers Goes Into Effect Amid Record Heat

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Florida Ban on Protections for Outdoor Workers Goes Into Effect Amid Record Heat

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politics @lemmy.world · 6 months ago

The same interests lobbying against heat protection for workers also pushed to roll back child labor protections.

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Hard to feel sorry for the folks that voted for this. Maybe workers should quit and move to a better state where they treat workers decently.
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  Too bad this effects people who didn’t vote for it, and/or couldn’t vote, just the same.
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    And also can’t afford to just move

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