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US Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren't there laws to protect them?

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US Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren't there laws to protect them?

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Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren't there laws to protect them?

“We’re asking for something so simple. Something that could save so many lives.”

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To give workers the autonomy to keep working if they want to? /j

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