EmirOfShmo Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 The Florida Senate Banned Heat Protections for Farmworkers, but a Groundbreaking Partnership Could Provide a Solution Ahead of record-breaking summer temperatures, the Fair Food Program — a major partnership between retailers, farmers, and farmworkers — offers the nation’s strongest protocols for keeping workers safe Earlier this month, Florida’s Senate passed a bill banning local jurisdictions from passing measures protecting workers from heat exposure, the latest of a series of draconian laws targeting immigrants and workers in Florida. This bill, which awaits the approval of governor Ron DeSantis, prohibits governments from requiring that employers provide water, shade, and breaks to workers—relatively small measures that can mean the difference between life and death for workers laboring under Florida’s hot sun. This law precedes what is expected to be another record-breaking summer of extreme heat. “It’s morally repulsive, and it will kill farmworkers,” said Erik Nicholson, a farmworker advocate and the former vice president of United Farm Workers. “I have accompanied the families of too many farmworkers who have needlessly died due to heat stress.” But Nicholson also highlighted the promise of another avenue to bring strong heat standards to Florida farms: The Fair Food Program (FFP), a groundbreaking partnership between retailers, farmers, and farmworkers that has implemented the strongest, legally binding heat protocols in the nation on Florida’s farms, while bypassing the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. https://www.eater.com/24122092/florida-ban-farmworker-extreme-heat-protections-fair-food-program-offers-solution-climate 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Wiggles Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Kinda looks like Tim Tebow. 🤭 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cooked Crack Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 The law will understand when you tell them at your trial Tom Cotton said it was okay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 A super PAC raised money to support Virginia's GOP candidates. They didn't see any of it. obert Landrum thought he was supporting Republicans in Virginia’s statehouse elections that year, when he donated $500 to a federal super political action committee in April 2023. The super PAC, Unleash America, had one stated goal: To get Republicans elected during Virginia’s 2023 statehouse contests to support Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s agenda. “That’s how he represented the PAC. That’s what he said,” Landrum said in a phone interview with USA Today. He was referring to the PAC’s then “honorary chairman,” Hung Cao, a failed 2022 Congressional candidate from northern Virginia. On radio shows and in news articles in early 2023 Cao repeated his motivation for championing the PAC: To support Virginia Republicans seeking local and state-level office. His stated goal was to help to deliver a Republican General Assembly majority in November to support Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s legislative efforts. He made that pledge on The Wilkow Majority and Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid on Feb. 2, 2023. And again, in an article that ran in The Dispatch on Feb. 4, 2023. And again, in another article that ran in the Washington Examiner on Feb. 7, 2023. And people listened. Unleash America super PAC received $103,489 in individual contributions last year, according to Federal Election Commission filings. In November, Republicans lost the House of Delegates in Virginia. They failed to flip the Senate. Was all that money raised by Unleash America spent in vain? No. It doesn’t look like Unleash American spent any money at all to support Virginia’s 2023 candidates. According to the Federal Election Commission and Virginia’s State Board of Election filings, not a single Republican candidate for state or local office received any direct financial support from the federal Unleash America super PAC. Click on the link for the full article 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Cooked Crack said: I wish the police on Jan 6 had the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Wiggles Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Angola eh? Typical racist piece of **** from David Duke country. I hope Michael Regan cracks down on all those big corporate polluters in Weezyanna. Place is a toxic mess. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 This Kyle Clark dude is really good lol..."Did you just say the quiet part out loud?" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Get that man a few more lapel pins. 🤣 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 30 minutes ago, Captain Wiggles said: Get that man a few more lapel pins. 🤣 Because I need to know every single way Chet identifies… in case he forgets to tell me with every word out of his mouth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 When lapels aren't big enough for bumper stickers... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Guys. He's just wearing the required 37 items of flair. Spoiler Also... 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, The Evil Genius said: Guys. He's just wearing the required 37 items of flair. Hide contents Also... Totally alpha behaviour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Must have managed a TGI Friday's prior to his political career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 4 hours ago, Captain Wiggles said: Get that man a few more lapel pins. 🤣 Lapel pins are just pronouns for your collar 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Language - DJT stock... Spoiler 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I guess this is the thread for it. Evidently Bud Light is IN and now Bank of America is OUT. BoA shut down John Eastman’s accounts and MAGA is freaking out. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Have to love Republicans getting mad at capitalism. Every. Single. Time. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 15 minutes ago, Ball Security said: I guess this is the thread for it. Evidently Bud Light is IN and now Bank of America is OUT. BoA shut down John Eastman’s accounts and MAGA is freaking out. The same doofuses that constantly complained about African Americans pulling the "Race Card" are now constantly pulling the "Republican Card" lol... 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 (edited) 12 hours ago, The Evil Genius said: Have to love Republicans getting mad at capitalism. Every. Single. Time. Still remember Jon Stewart reacting to the FNC host who asked "Is Warren Buffet a socialist?" (After Buffet said that rich people aren't taxed enough.) Stewart: "Is Warren Buffet a socialist? You have no idea what that word means, do you? 'Yeah, that George Clooney, always bangin different broads. What a queer.'" Edited April 18 by Larry 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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