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This year may be biblical
tp4tissue:
Just so gekrs are aware. Alberta is the Texahhs of Canada. Annnd their god is taking care of them.
fohat.digs:
"Surprising no one, Texas has been at the forefront of this behavior. Last year, the state passed a law that blocked local rules in Austin and Dallas requiring companies to provide 10-minute water and sun breaks to construction workers every four hours. The law also bars any other cities from passing similar ordinances in the future. Texas was already the state with the most heat-related on-the-job deaths since 2011, but the state’s conservatives say the real issue is that having differing local ordinances about water breaks is tough on businesses."
- Lisa Needham 2024-08-12
Leslieann:
--- Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 13 August 2024, 16:36:27 ---"the state’s conservatives say the real issue is that having differing local ordinances about water breaks is tough on businesses."
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To be fair, that can be an issue, but only if you have a boss/owner wanting to take advantage of their employees... Which in my experience is a lot of them.
While I would like to give them reasonable doubt and say they have the right idea but executed it clumsily, but we all know that's not the case. There's a many reasons companies really like Texas.
tp4tissue:
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Wed, 14 August 2024, 04:58:35 ---
--- Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 13 August 2024, 16:36:27 ---"the state’s conservatives say the real issue is that having differing local ordinances about water breaks is tough on businesses."
--- End quote ---
To be fair, that can be an issue, but only if you have a boss/owner wanting to take advantage of their employees... Which in my experience is a lot of them.
While I would like to give them reasonable doubt and say they have the right idea but executed it clumsily, but we all know that's not the case. There's a many reasons companies really like Texas.
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Doubt it's about the water break, did Texas stuff some other laws into the same bill.
Leslieann:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2024, 08:23:41 ---Doubt it's about the water break, did Texas stuff some other laws into the same bill.
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Texas is VERY anti-union and anti-workers rights.
They portray it as being "free" but your freedom really depends on how big your company is.
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