• Maeqa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    My gf worked at a warehouse in San Antonio for a few years, and would get heatstroke symptoms near-daily. I don’t get how this will even increase productivity if everyone’s constantly recovering from hyperthermia.

    Where do you get labor from if you injure all your laborers to make a point?

    I wouldn’t feel safe in Texas even at an airport making a connection.

    • psudo@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      The idea is more to ensure that the labor class is to tired and sick to fight for their rights.

    • twitterfluechtling@lemmy.pathoris.de
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      1 year ago

      ThE MaRkEt WiLl FiX iT…

      I guess they argue if giving water increases productivity, companies will do it without a law mandating it. This ignores the fact that beancounters are not always practical, and people will die of heatstroke before eventually the least reasonable companies disappear.