Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks
Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks
House Bill 2127 pre-empts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.
House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.
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You have to dig into the article to discover that the deaths are completely unrelated to HB 2127. It doesn't go into effect until September 1st. I'm anti-Abbott and this bill but the author or editor is not being honest here.
Thanks for doing the heavy lifting so I didn't have to read it.
Since then, 11 people between the ages of 60 and 80 have died of heat-related illness in Webb County, the Associated Press reported. Most did not have air-conditioning in their homes. A teen and stepfather died while hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park, per a National Park Service release. According to the Texas Tribune, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, died in Texas prisons that lack air conditioning. And at least four workers have died after collapsing while laboring in triple-digit heat: a post office worker in Dallas, a utility lineman in East Texas, and construction workers in Houston.
Only 4 of them were even workers out in extreme heat, and none of the deaths are confirmed to be from that.
I've seen a bunch of "anti-texas" reporting lately that takes things out of context. I think it's just what's getting these sites clicks at the moment. Abbott, and Texas in general, deserve to be shit on regularly, but most of the articles being written are simply trying to rage-bait leftists the way rightwing outlets have been successfully doing for decades.
Would you describe the process as messing with Texas?
Its been happening since the winter storm of 2021, probably even earlier.
The title is definitely implying a more direct connection than exists in reality, and the article doesn't go into detail on when the bill is meant to go into effect. The author could be using it as an example of how much worse things could get once the bill goes into effect, especially with the references to the effects of past ordinances mandating water breaks.
But I agree, there's definitely some intellectual dishonesty going on.
Well, the article says the anti-water break part of the bill goes into effect September 1st, and that is as much detail as I personally need.
Huh, I stopped reading after the little star symbol right above one of the ads, thinking that was the end of the article.
The suggestion that employers didn't start using it to abuse their workers immediately is ludicrous.
These deaths are completely on Abbot and the GOP
Do you have actual evidence or is it just something in your head? I despise abusive employers and don't trust any corporation but the breaks are still mandated until September 1st.