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Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke
(www.theguardian.com)
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In case anyone isn't in the know, Gov. Greg Abbott just removed mandatory water breaks for construction workers
Welcome to your ~~future~~ current capitalist hell-scape. Denied water breaks in record breaking heat waves, dying because of said forced work without water, accused of taking drugs because your dying makes you act odd.
Brought to you by the same people that deny global warming.
wow human lives sure are cheap
Sounds like the tort system is going fix that for them. No employer is going to risk million dollar wrongful death suits for very long.
That's why they hire migrants both legal and illegal. It gives you a better guillotine blade to hold over them