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Florida. Governor Ron desantis has signed a bill that bans heat
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protections for outdoor workers.
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He signed it just ahead of summer in one of the hottest
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and most humid states in the country.
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So this is a big fucking deal.
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And you know what's crazy,
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Jenny? Like, it's not even the heat,
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it's the humidity that will get you.
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You feel me like it,
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the humidity of strokes is a real thing.
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But add humidity to the mix and your body can't even sweat
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out the heat. That's how your body cools down.
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It sweats it out and when it's too humid it's not able
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So this bill means that Florida's local governments can't require companies to
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follow heat exposure requirements.
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It affects 2 million people that work outdoors in Florida.
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So we're talking construction workers,
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we're talking farm workers,
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we're talking people working on the highway.
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So there's so many people that work outside.
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So it affects 2 million people.
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Guys. The, the bill also prohibits cities and counties from
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having their own minimum wage.
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So just when we thought things couldn't get worse and you know
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what's crazy? You would think that they would learn from the
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from the previous year Florida had record high temperatures last summer
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Miami workers, health groups estimate 2000 workers dying about 100,000
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are injured from he from heat related issues every year in the
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And look at, look at how it was back then and
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look at how it's going to be.
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Look at how it's going to be that,
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that's crazy. Like I hope he has this map in his
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I don't think they give a fuck to be honest.
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And it's sad. So there are actually no federal laws that
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regulate when it is too hot to work.
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But states like California and Oregon have heat protections for workers like
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California and Oregon clearly know what's up,
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how many more people are gonna have to pay the price?
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Yeah, let's move on.
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