I’m a construction worker. I’m also an adult. If I’m working in the heat, I take a water break whenever I feel like I need one. If I need to go sit in my truck with the ac on, that’s what i do. If anyone has a problem with it, they can fuck right off and find someone else.
All it would take is everyone adopting this same attitude for things to change. Water and rest breaks are taken, not given. It’s your body, not your boss’s. Take care of yourself. Solidarity saves lives.
Too many people can’t take the risk of losing their jobs. It’s pretty shitty.
There would be no risk if everyone did the same thing. You’re only replaceable if there’s someone willing to replace you.
Relatedly, this is why organizing and strike are important.
Yes. But even unorganized labor can stand up for themselves.
solidarity saved lives
That means if you CAN take this attitude, doing so could help others do the same, potentially saving lives.
This. Too many people complain about working conditions without doing anything about it just waiting for someone else to fix the issue.
Damn. What heartless sobs. And all for saving that measly cent.
Like…how is this even a thing?
“People are dying” should be the last fucking statement on it. Fuck your goddamn profits. Eat my dick. Fuck capitalism
Capitalism requires human sacrifice and suffering in order to function. Most economic systems do, unfortunately. Wage slavery is still slavery, but modernized. That way, we all can be slaves.
Hopefully people won’t stand for this, dying in the heat because your boss said you can’t have water or a break. It’s just so absurd, there’s no way people will accept this. I hope.
Yep unfortunately to a lot of companies workers are no more valuable than a tractor or drill.
A rental tractor or drill.
How heartless do you have to be to take away what people need to survive all in the name of “saving a few pennies”? I honestly don’t believe it would save them any money at all and that people will work slower if they’re dehydrated and at risk of heat stroke. This is just insane. It’s insane to even have this conversation period.
You fool, people are replaceable. Capital is not! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need some “me” time in the executive washroom.
This is just typical mass-media manipulation. Heat protection??
Imagine a billionare torching folks in the streets with a flame thrower. Now, we want to legislate so employers give folks the appropriate fire protection gear! Then people can debate the right and wrong of fire protection gear, and swear about the fire protection gear lobby, and perhaps - god save us - vote to legislate it!
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DEAL WITH THE BILLIONNAIRE HOLDING THE FLAME THROWER
Is this satire?
the fire protection gear lobby
I browsed by new this morning and suddenly feel like I’m stalking that andreas user now.
Feels kinda ‘bot’ like with the word salad writing style, perhaps English is just not their native language so translation falls flat.
Really seems like they are attempting to push a narrative as a puzzle piece they want to jam into the wrong puzzle.
The fact that we even have to ask is sad.
I mean, it’s not great satire, but even so, I hate that there are people who genuinely think like this.
Well, sort of satire. I suppose there are a few assumptions in it that may need clarification. Nowadays, what appears to be general agreement to one person can be complete bollocks to another.
So the assumption this post is based upon:
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Why is there global warming? Because of exponential economic growth using finite resources (our planet).
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Who benefits from this? Follow the money -> it’s not you or me. Who has the money? Billionaires.
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Yes, heat protection is important. Of course work conditions should be good - how is that even a discussion point? However, IF you buy into the previous two points, it follows that the need for “heat protection” is consequence of human actions (greed).
Hence, go for the greedy (billionaires) who created this situation (global warming), instead of only addressing the consequences (of global warming) by heat protection measures.
By talking about heat protection, we are not talking about greed -> the intention of the media spectacle.
Who owns the media? Billionaires.
Some shared world-view (or at least a capacity to imagine someone else’s) is required, after which connecting a few dots should do the rest to understand the post
Perhaps commenting-bots are not capable of this. 😁
So you’re saying that if tomorrow there were no more billionaires, then workers in Texas wouldn’t need water breaks anymore because the climate would fix itself immediately?
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This has to be a bot.
