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Heat News
- 07/25/2023 Roll Call: Rep. Greg Casar ends thirst strike on Capitol steps after nearly 9 hours
- 07/25/2023 CBS Austin: Austin Congressman Greg Casar on thirst strike over heat laws
- 07/25/2023 CBS News: Texas Congressman Greg Casar holds hunger and thirst strike to call for federal workplace heat standard
- 07/25/2023 Workers World: Heat waves’ uncounted death toll on workers
- 07/25/2023 KYMA: Rep. Sandoval calls for extreme heat protections after death of Yuma farmworker
- 07/25/2023 AZ Central: Democrat calls for heat regulations after farmworker death
- 07/25/2023 CNN: Texas congressman leads thirst and hunger strike to urge heat protections for workers
- 07/25/2023 Texas Observer: Texas Workers, Congressman Launch ‘Thirst Strike’ for Heat Protections
- 07/25/2023 Politico: Greg Casar is hosting a vigil and “thirst strike” to call for heat protections for workers.
- 07/24/2023 America’s Voice: “No Worker Deserves To Die On The Job”: Calls For Federal Heat Protections Intensify Following Tragic Death Of Florida Farmworker
- 07/24/2023 AZ Central: Yuma farmworker and father of 2 dies amid record heat wave
- 07/23/2023 The New York Times: Rising Heat Deaths Are Not Just About the Temperature
- 07/23/2023 CBS News: Brutal heat wave tests farm workers, many of whom lack legal protections
- 07/21/2023 The Wall Street Journal: When Is It Too Hot to Work Outside?
- 07/21/2023 WAPT ABC 10: Excessive summer heat putting stress on Mississippi farmers, livestock, crops
- 07/21/2023 WFLA News Channel 8: South Florida heat protection ordinance passes after farmworker’s death
- 07/20/2023 Calls for change after Florida farmworker, 29, dies in heat. ‘Is that what we deserve?’
- 07/20/2023 NBC News: South Florida mourns death of another farmworker as advocates fight for heat protections:
- 07/20/2023 CNN: Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says
- 07/19/2023 CBS News Miami: Homestead farmworker dies because of extreme heat
- 07/17/2023 Miami Herald: This heat is deadly. Miami-Dade agricultural workers deserve water, shade, rest | Opinion
- 07/17/2023 Miami Herald: Business Labor contractor could’ve prevented worker’s heat-related death in Broward, OSHA says
- 07/14/2023 KVPR: As California heat wave intensifies, farmworkers are bearing the brunt
- 07/12/2023 Oregon Public Broadcasting: It’s hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death
- 07/12/2023 The White House: FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Protect Communities from Extreme Heat Fueled by the Climate Crisis