Eric Tegethoff | Public News Service
Construction crews will be at risk as events like the Northwest's heat wave become more frequent. Photo Credit: Marina Krasnovid / Adobe Stock
by ElObservador
07/16/2021
SEATTLE — A deadly heat wave in the Northwest is laying bare the link between climate change and the rights of workers.
Summer Stinson, executive director of the Seattle-based nonprofit Economic Opportunity Institute, said people were advised to stay inside and out of the heat as temperatures rose, but that wasn’t an option for everyone.
“So much of what the city or the state recommended for staying inside did not contemplate people either being unhoused or needing to work outside during the heat,” Stinson asserted.