House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.

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    You have to dig into the article to discover that the deaths are completely unrelated to HB 2127. It doesn’t go into effect until September 1st. I’m anti-Abbott and this bill but the author or editor is not being honest here.

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      Since then, 11 people between the ages of 60 and 80 have died of heat-related illness in Webb County, the Associated Press reported. Most did not have air-conditioning in their homes. A teen and stepfather died while hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park, per a National Park Service release. According to the Texas Tribune, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, died in Texas prisons that lack air conditioning. And at least four workers have died after collapsing while laboring in triple-digit heat: a post office worker in Dallas, a utility lineman in East Texas, and construction workers in Houston.

      Only 4 of them were even workers out in extreme heat, and none of the deaths are confirmed to be from that.

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      I’ve seen a bunch of “anti-texas” reporting lately that takes things out of context. I think it’s just what’s getting these sites clicks at the moment. Abbott, and Texas in general, deserve to be shit on regularly, but most of the articles being written are simply trying to rage-bait leftists the way rightwing outlets have been successfully doing for decades.

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        It is exaggeratory in the present,

        Which makes it easily debunked and future deaths ignorable to certain segments. It’s not about “going high” - just not being liars.

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      The suggestion that employers didn’t start using it to abuse their workers immediately is ludicrous.

      These deaths are completely on Abbot and the GOP

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        Do you have actual evidence or is it just something in your head? I despise abusive employers and don’t trust any corporation but the breaks are still mandated until September 1st.

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    Some context here:

    (1) The bill doesn’t take effect until September 1st, so these deaths are not a result of it.

    (2) While OSHA has very good guidelines on what employers SHOULD do for worker hydration, they do not require it. I other words, OSHA does not say the employers MUST do it.

    https://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure/water-rest-shade

    I think things will get really bad NEXT summer.

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    OSHA still requires reasonable water breaks. This law doesn’t override that. If you aren’t allowed one, report them.