Feeling the #heat? Give every worker a legal maximum #temperature now!

Met Office has issued a rare red #extreme heat warning, the first ever for the West of #England.

- #Children are being sent home to stay #cool
- #Workers cannot do the same

There is no legal maximum #workplace #temperature in #Britain ...

#heatwave #HumanRights #WageSlaves #PeopleNotProfits #HealthCare #weather #HealthAndSafety

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@MediaActivist Meantime, employers must be held to their existing H&S duties
https://unison.org.uk/get-help/extreme-heat-work
#union #heat #HealthAndSafety
Extreme heat at work | UNISON - the public service union

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And if you plug it in in the UK they'll charge four times faster!

#HealthAndSafety

Turns out the dinosaurs went extinct due to inadequate shelf-based health and safety rules… #Joke #dinosaurs #healthandsafety
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-ban-water-bottles-9.7223610?cmp=rss
FIFA no longer letting fans bring refillable water bottles into World Cup stadiums
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-ban-water-bottles-9.7223610?cmp=rss
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