10/22/2026
Watch Tower · climate-change
US workers facing deadly heat borrow from tomato pickers to win key protections
Filed by Terra Bloom
As efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall, organizers are embracing an approach that targets major brandsâ reputationsâItâs the kind of heat that makes you feel like youâre being dehydrated, like your skin is drying out,â said Lucas Benitez, after harvesting watermelons with his sons and wife this summer. âThe heat that we had 30 years ago is not nearly the heat that we have today.âThis summer was the hottest on record in the US, and most workers in fields, greenhouses and uncondition
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