'It's just awful.' As workers weather oppressive heat, local laws protecting them could evaporate.
could undo those protections outright in Austin and Dallas for workers like Pollock, even as heatwaves in Texas get longer and more intense.One-hundred-twenty-eight degrees. That was the temperature of the asphalt downtown Monday when a construction worker named Stephen was walking back to his truck after a 10-hour workday.
“We’ve proved that having an ordinance like this doesn’t really slow down construction in our community."“We’ve proved that having an ordinance like this doesn’t really slow down construction in our community,” he said. Murphy says this year’s heat — specifically the heat dome effect that’s sealed in humidity with the oppressive high temperatures — has gone against conventional wisdom in Texas. We had a wet spring, which, he says, typically blunts the impact of the summer sun. Not this year.
Even with union protections, there's no guarantee a foreman won't cut corners. Before air conditioning was installed at the Oracle job site, he asked his foreman if he could get some fans.
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