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WidowsFavoriteSon ( @WidowsFavoriteSon@beehaw.org ) 51•1 year agoIts like they wake up in the morning and think “how cruel can I be today?”
debounced ( @debounced@kbin.run ) 17•1 year agomore like “how cruel can I be today so i can continue to distract everyone from the truly evil shit we’re doing?”
melonplant ( @melonplant@latte.isnot.coffee ) 5•1 year agoThis one’s just a bit of nostalgia from the slavery days for them.
ipkpjersi ( @ipkpjersi@lemmy.one ) 2•1 year agoThat is actually exactly it lmao
not_amm ( @not_amm@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoHow ba-a-a-ad can I be?
projectmoon ( @projectmoon@lemm.ee ) 47•1 year agoWhat is the “official” justification for such a ridiculous move?
maynarkh ( @maynarkh@feddit.nl ) 55•1 year agoAccording to the Texas Tribune:
Supporters of the law have said it will eliminate a patchwork of local ordinances across the state that bog down businesses.
They are sacrificing people on the altar of the economy again.
Radioaktvt ( @Radioaktvt@lemmy.one ) English26•1 year agoCan’t have pesky humans and their need for water get in the way of progress. If they can’t handle the heat just replace that one with another more hungry than the previous. /s
Towerism ( @Towerism@beehaw.org ) English20•1 year agoYou’re using a /s tag but that’s literally how it feels to live in Texas
CmdrShepard ( @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ) 11•1 year agoTexas must be a failed state if taking water breaks when working outside on hot days is bogging down the economy.
ImplyingImplications ( @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ) 23•1 year ago“If we give them water then what next? Safety equipment? Paid time off?? Won’t someone think of the shareholders!?”
Johnnypneumoniac ( @Johnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one ) 34•1 year agoEven the government is bigger in Texas.
Kwakigra ( @Kwakigra@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year agoEspecially in Texas. We have one of the biggest and most authoritarian governments in the country whose power is heavily weighted to the executive branch. It is emblematic of the problems of “big government.”
Thebazilly ( @Thebazilly@pathfinder.social ) 21•1 year agoDoesn’t this violate OSHA? I’m doing HAZWOPER training right now at work and just covered the heat stress section. OSHA mandates that you have to give workers access to clean water, shade, and rest breaks.
Edit (citation): https://www.osha.gov/heat/employer-responsibility
Idk. But someone has to first fight it in the courts. That’s time and money. Not something that most are going to be able to do.
tchotchony ( @tchotchony@mander.xyz ) 1•1 year agoIt’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
Pigeon ( @Lowbird@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year agoOSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.
That’s a thing about these laws. Fighting them isn’t as quick as passing them. I would hope it’s thrown out, but people will die in the meantime.
gerbilstampede ( @gerbilstampede@beehaw.org ) 18•1 year agoSomeone should put all of Abbot’s water high up on a shelf…
Melody Fwygon ( @Melody@lemmy.one ) 16•1 year agoAs a former texan; this shit doesn’t surprise me. Abbot has always been this kind of idiot; and there’s always been a huge culture of entitled business and company owners in general.
Nooch ( @alottachairs@beehaw.org ) 12•1 year agofuck you abbot you goddamn piss baby
bumbly ( @bumbly@readit.buzz ) 7•1 year agoWhere’s the antiwork mag? They should be all over this.
Trebach ( @Trebach@kbin.social ) 19•1 year agoWhere’s OSHA? They should be all over this too!
giloronfoo ( @giloronfoo@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year agoI suspect the state rules are compliant with OSHA and the local rules being override were above and beyond what is needed for OSHA.
DeflectedBullhorn ( @DeflectedBullhorn@lemmy.one ) 6•1 year agoSmall government for the win! /s
Sadly there is gonna be a lot of wrongful death lawsuits over this, I guarantee it.