The farmworkers, most of them Latino, are advocating for a municipal heat standard ensuring outdoor workers have access to water, shade and breaks as extreme heat advisories worsen.
that would protect workers from dangerously high temperatures.
A heat exposure safety program to educate workers and their supervisors about the risks of heat exposure and best practices to minimize heat-related illness. The establishment of a county Office of Workplace Health and Safety to help enforce labor protections and support employers and workers. Marchers on the first day of a five-day trek in Pahokee, Fla., on March 14 to highlight the Fair Food Program, an effort to pressure retailers to leverage their purchasing power to improve conditions for farmworkers.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are an average of 702 heat-related deaths and nearly 68,000 emergency room visits related to heat illness every year. On average, about 9,200 people are hospitalized every year because of heat exhaustion.
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