WFAE 90.7, November 14, 2023: Migrant worker’s death prompts calls for extreme heat labor laws
Migrant worker’s death prompts calls for extreme heat labor laws by Anne Blythe, WFAE (Charlotte’s NPR News Source), Nov. 14, 2023
“As the sun dipped toward the horizon, pulling the last streaks of daylight from the sky over North Carolina’s capital city, dozens of migrant workers raised flickering tealights.
They gathered with advocates a bit more than a stone’s throw from offices of the state Department of Labor to rally for measures to protect workers from extreme heat in agricultural fields, the food service industry, construction, transportation and warehousing jobs.”