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Miami-Dade wanted to enact rules, but the new state law prevents cities and counties from doing so. Employers say they want consistency in regulations. Worker advocates call it "outrageous" as summer approaches.
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County commissioners withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after the Legislature advanced a measure banning any local government from setting its own heat enforcement rules.
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After failing to appeal to get more heat protections from the Legislature, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.
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The move comes just days before Miami-Dade County was expected to vote on its own heat protection ordinance.
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As Miami-Dade considers new standards for outdoor workers, Florida lawmakers look set to pass legislation which would make local heat protections "void and prohibited."
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Miami-Dade is set to again discuss landmark heat protections for outdoor workers, but the Legislature could preempt it before then with measures pushed by business lobby groups.
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Dr. Kristen Dimas, a native of the small migrant community, discusses her role as director of the new Family Medicine Residency Program, and what motivated her to give back.
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Loved ones and community members demanded action as they gathered in remembrance of farmworker Efraín López García, who died this month while working outdoors in the sweltering heat.
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The ordinance calls for a three-tiered system of protections, including a break in shade and safety training. It next goes to a committee vote, then a full county commission vote.
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Farmworker Association of Central Florida’s Jeannie Economos said there’s bipartisan support for the bill, but it still hasn’t been read by a committee in the House or Senate.