Dallas City Council Doesn't Think Construction Workers Deserve Rest or Water Breaks
Daquella manera The City Council keeps delaying the passage of an ordinance to require rest and water breaks for Dallas workers. What gives?
At Wednesday's City Council meeting, a group of Dallas day laborers and representatives from the Workers Defense Project were out in full force to advocate for local workers' rights. Their appearance yesterday was the latest in a push over the last several months to require Dallas employers to allow water and restroom breaks for workers -- an issue which particularly affects construction and minimum wage workers and day laborers.
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It's an issue that, three months ago, City Council members overwhelmingly supported. But now, it seems to have stalled. So what exactly is the problem? Bureaucracy. The Dallas City Council doesn't want to make employers to give their workers water and restroom breaks because that might not be the City Council's problem.
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