From the commentary, "Our growing movement to win safer workplaces faces unique challenges, including the increasing power of large corporations and the push by employers to make jobs ever more precarious, especially for immigrants, Black and Latino workers, gig staffers and low-income laborers."
During the summer of 2023, millions of people in Phoenix suffered a record-breaking 31 straight days of temperatures exceeding 110 degrees. In response, the city broke new ground with an ordinance requiring employers with city contracts to provide rest, water and shade for workers exposed to extreme heat.
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Quality Journalism for Critical Times From the east to the west, two states in the U.S. — Florida and Arizona — have something in common: Extreme heat. But those states could play out in different ways when it comes to workforce heat protections, particularly as temperatures are rising. Soon, Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to approve or veto a bill […] The post Legislation in Florida would ban local workplace heat protections; Arizona just approved measures appeared first on Florida Phoenix.
The Phoenix City Council on March 26 unanimously passed an ordinance requiring contractors and subcontractors who work with the city to have a written safety plan that addresses severe heat.