As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.
  • LethalSmack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    16 days ago

    Seems the strikes are starting to work. Not quite there yet as ac still isn’t guaranteed

    But it incentivized due to extra pay during hot conditions

    In what is likely an industry first, the workers at Homegrown won language in their union contract in March that could help with that. The workers fought for a clause that allows them to receive time-and-a-half pay when temperatures in the store reach 82 degrees Fahrenheit and double pay when store temperatures reach 86 degrees F. (According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, when a workplace reaches 77 degrees F, it becomes potentially unsafe for workers to engage in “strenuous work.”)

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      16 days ago

      Lol. Unions today are weird.

      1930s: This isn’t safe. We aren’t working until it’s safe.
      2024: This isn’t safe. Pay us more and we’ll do it anyways.

      • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
        81·
        15 days ago

        It means that the business is incentivised to put in aircon but they don’t need to stop work if its out of order or a rare occurrence. Lots of jobs are unsafe. We take measures to mitigate the risk rather than eliminate it and pay should reflect that.