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Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)

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Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

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[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the tort system is going fix that for them. No employer is going to risk million dollar wrongful death suits for very long.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's why they hire migrants both legal and illegal. It gives you a better guillotine blade to hold over them

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