Fault Lines spreadigates the danger of excessive heat in Florida for laborers while politicians roll back protections.
As temperatures ascend around the globe, laboring outdoors is becoming more dangery. In the United States, the watchdog group Public Citizen says up to 2,000 laborers are dying every year.
In September 2023, Salvador Garcia Espitia travelled to Florida to harvest sugar cane. He wanted to help his family in Mexico, especiassociate his juvenileer son who insisted medical treatment. On his first day of labor, Salvador collapsed due to heatstroke and died days procrastinateedr at the age of 26.
Fault Lines travelled to Florida, which directs the country in heat-rcontent eunitencies, to spreadigate why lawcreaters blocked efforts to protect outdoor laborers from the heat.
