Austin, Dallas construction workers to lose rest breaks with state bill (web.archive.org)

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Austin and Dallas require 10-minute rest breaks for construction workers every four hours. House Bill 2127 will ban local ordinances mandating rest breaks September 1. “[Texas lawmakers] are signing these bills in air-conditioned rooms. They have access to water, they can take breaks." July was the hottest on record in Austin and Houston, with the average heat index reaching 120 in Houston.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

From Canada here… when tf are you guys going to have enough and start burning shit to the ground? People who died during your civil rights movement have died in vain if you keep allowing this shit to happen. Get it fuckin going!!

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Since you're a Canadian you understand the scale of the united states. This is a bill that is in Texas and only Texas. I'm not going to burn down my community that's thousands of miles away because Texas is fucked up. That would be like you burning stuff down in Canada because what's happening in Texas. And as for why people in Texas aren't burning shit down. . well they're either stupid, support this to own the libs or are poor and can't afford to lose their jobs by protesting.

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