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Unions Organize “Heat Week” as Extreme Temperatures Pose Mounting Dangers to Workers

HeadlineAug 15, 2024

Workers with the United Farm Workers, the Union of Southern Service Workers, Starbucks Workers United and others are organizing around the country under the banner of “Heat Week,” demanding protections from extreme heat. Earlier this month, a 36-year-old sanitation worker in Baltimore, Ronald Silver II, collapsed and died while on the job as the heat index reached 105 degrees.

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