Labor & EconomySeptember 29, 2016
Indoor Heat Bill Will Save Lives
In 2011, Antonio Ramirez* was working in an Inland Empire warehouse, where he’d spent several hours emptying and sweeping out a metal freight container. With the indoor heat level passing 100 degrees, Ramirez showed symptoms of heat stroke – but his employers failed to take any action to help him and Ramirez was forced to call his son to take him to the hospital. He was hospitalized for three days due to heat stroke.
