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Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Water Breaks
(www.texasobserver.org)
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Each one of those four is a human being. With a family, a life, a personality, hopes and dreams. And that humanity was taken away from four human beings and their families, why? For some fucking political points to underscore how "anti-worker" the conservative party is (with the racist dog whistle rhetoric being that they are also anti-immigration).
Whether it's one person, four people, twenty people, or someone who "just" suffered heat stroke, it doesn't change how utterly cruel this is. It doesn't change the fact that it's a violation of human rights, whether there's federal laws on the same subject or not. It doesn't change that conservatives are adding insult to injury with these fatal policies.
And yes, maybe there's state and federal laws that will override the lack of municipal laws. But what happens in real life is that some foreman somewhere denies workers water. The workers can't say or do anything maybe because they're not here legally. Maybe because they don't want to lose their jobs. Or maybe they just don't know their rights. Then, they die or are injured from the heat. Only then can they or their families pursue damages in court, which could be expensive and will probably take years.
That's the problem. The only recourse for workers or their families will come after the death/injury.
Those 4 people would have died anyway because the law isn't even in effect until September 1st. Blaming the law that isn't even in effect is disingenuous.