Industry groups have pushed back on some of the rules, saying they could saddle their businesses with additional costs.īut for workers, it can be a matter of life and death.įrom 2011-2021, there were 436 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure, according to the U.S. states - including California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington - have enacted specific, comprehensive heat protections for workers – and even those measures are works in progress, labor advocates say. if I stop working, who is going to bring the salary to my house?"Īs climate change fuels rising temperatures globally - Earth experienced its hottest three-month period on record from June to August - fears are growing over working conditions and labor rights, be it for fruit pickers or parcel delivery drivers.
"Because I am a mother and I survive on that salary. "I don't always want to cancel work because it's a responsibility and customers won't always agree," said Marroquin, who is a member of the Workers Defense Project, which advocates for immigrant workers. It has been much worse this year, Marroquin said, explaining how she had to seek medical advice after dehydration problems and recalling that she left a recent job with a nagging cough after working in a house with no air conditioning. RICHMOND, Virginia/MEXICO CITY - As the United States endures record temperatures, people working in tough conditions from farms to construction sites have little respite from the heat - and are often unable or afraid to take breaks despite the risks to their health and even their lives.Įxtreme heat is the top weather-related killer in the nation - yet protections for workers are widely lacking, according to advocates who say that failing to ensure people can take breaks for water or shade will lead to more severe illness, and deaths.Įva Marroquin, 50, a mother-of-five from Austin, Texas, works jobs that include construction and cleaning - and sometimes finds herself defenseless against rising heat. Legislative battle in Texas over push to limit safeguards.Enforcement of heat rules is patchy, labor advocates say.Handful of states recently approved new regulations.The funeral service will be live-streamed on this site. Memorial may be made to the Temple Baptist Church Mission Fund. Monday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue. His family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Interment will follow at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. Tuesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with Pastors Patrick Creed, III, and Johnny Wright officiating and Austin Maynor representing the family. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Holly Noel Maynor and by siblings, Wilma “Tootsie” Miller, Mary Frances Roberts, Kathleen Fish (and the late Jerry Fish) and Paul Austin (& his surviving wife, Doris).įuneral services will be at 2:00 p.m. His family include his wife of 63 years, Vivian Teague Austin daughter, Donna Maynor (Charles), son, Alan Austin (Carrie) grandchildren, Savannah Creasman (Charles), Austin Maynor, Seth Austin (Ashton), Kylie Austin and Keira Austin, one great-grandson, Clayton Creasman siblings, Alberta Watts, George Austin (Gail), Joe Austin (Linda) Doris Revis (Jerry), and brothers-in-law, Bill Teague (Linda) and Ralph Teague (Liz). He was a member and former associate pastor of Temple Baptist Church as well as being former Principal, Administrator and teacher at Temple Baptist School.
He served in the National Guard and spent his more than 30-year career teaching in the Buncombe County School System, with 20 years at Erwin High School. He was a graduate of Candler High School and Berea College and received his Masters degree in Horticulture from Clemson University. Austin was born July 14, 1934, in Leicester to the late Albert Furman Austin and Meta Ingle Austin.
Austin, 89, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023, at his home.
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