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submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

It's worth noting that there are at present no heat-exposure safety rules at the Florida State or federal levels, so this basically means no protections allowed.

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[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 92 points 7 months ago

Some of these guys are Captain-Planet-villan levels of evil.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago

"How will my business survive if I cannot require my employees to work in dangerous heat?"

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Seems on brand!

"How will my business survive if I have to pay workers a living wage?"

"How will my business survive if I can't pollute?"

"How will my business survive if I have to pay overtime wages?"

"How will my business survive if I have to stop discriminating?"

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

"How will my business survive if I can't have children working for me?"

[-] Blooper@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 7 months ago

How will my cotton business survive without slave labor?

[-] federalreverse@feddit.de 14 points 7 months ago

Meatbags are replaceable, but profits may be lost forever.

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

that none of these fuckwits can think far enough ahead to “how will my business survive if all my ~~slaves~~ employees are dead?” – it really is just hate all the way down for them …

[-] Xin_shill@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

That’s why you force them to have more poorly educated babies.

[-] JGcEowt4YXuUtkBUGHoN@slrpnk.net 17 points 7 months ago

The shitty thing about this is that the businesses will probably be fine. This sort of heat causes chronic dehydration which won’t kill their workers immediately.

But it will kill them through destroying their kidneys and the like. But I’m sure these psychopaths will think they will just be able to hire some other poor person to fill the spot.

[-] Trae@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

For everyone wondering how republican voters justify this type of shitty lawmaking, it's like this.

"No one's forcing them to work."

"They came to this country to work, and this is our laws"

"They have it way worse in Mexico"

I've heard em all from people I work with.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

“NoBodY WanTs tO WoRK AnyMOre”. More news at 11

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 7 months ago

Dystopian. Total lack of basic human decency.

[-] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

Y'all need a general strike. This is horrifyingly regressive.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Keep in mind, most of the people that would benefit from limits voted for and love DeSantis... They actively vote against their own interests.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago

OSHA doesn't have heat exposure safety rules?

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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