@withersailor@aussie.zone to World News@beehaw.org • 11 months agoDeath on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat103kkcn.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlpolitics@kbin.social
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minus-square@tchotchonylink1•11 months agoIt’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
minus-squarePigeonlinkfedilink4•11 months agoOSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.
minus-square@withersailor@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilink2•11 months agoThat’s a thing about these laws. Fighting them isn’t as quick as passing them. I would hope it’s thrown out, but people will die in the meantime.
It’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
OSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.
That’s a thing about these laws. Fighting them isn’t as quick as passing them. I would hope it’s thrown out, but people will die in the meantime.