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‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozen
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Trump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths When it’s 90F on a hot summer day, Esther Minton wears a long-sleeved shirt to work. “Working outside, you don’t have cover. There’s nowhere for you to really go if you’re on a roof or if you’re on the side of a building,” said Minton, a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 28 in New York City.
“Having the sun beaming on your skin all day long, you’ll never make it through, so what you wear makes a difference.”
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