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Europe’s Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C (novaramedia.com)

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Unions across Europe are calling on governments to introduce legislation to safeguard workers from rising temperatures, after western Europe recorded its hottest June on record.

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[–] GingerGoodness@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's not just the workplaces, it's the housing. I don't want people driving to work sleep deprived after they've struggled to sleep in a hot bedroom all night. Especially not en masse.

[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah. Either you have a national policy of having ACs accessible to people, or if the temps don‘t drop below 24 C at night people get off work. Seems fair to me.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They probably want to go to the AC'ed office.

[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

But there they are forced to spend their already depleted resources, unless they go to nap

[–] vrek@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago

Ok granted I didn't take that into account. That's a good point.