Of course Archbishop Gustavo mischaracterizes the law, such ignorant mendacity being his specialty, which was the Texas state government reminding liberal cities that it is the State, along with the Federal government, and not local bodies, which governs the rights of workers. To argue otherwise would distort the market with a crazy quilt of regulations, and make blue urban sink holes even less desirable for employers/
Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Beautiful America? You mean the whole country is guilty? When did he decide an entire nation is condemned for the actions of a few – no matter what the charge. Does that principle apply to other countries? Other people groups?
I’ve concluded that ecclesiastical brass come in two types. Those that do no harm and those that do harm. There should be a third type, but they’ve hardly been seen in the last 50 years outside the Plains states.
If that idiot of an archbishop would actually study the Scriptural passage he refers to, instead of using it to prop up what he wishes to believe, he would discover that the thirsty ones Jesus is referring to are in fact his disciples. But asking these hirelings to study the Bible is like asking a little kid to eat his vegetables : it’s “No! I don’t wanna ! You can’t make me !” I am so sick of the ignorance of these men, I want to throw up. Oops, I just did.
I’m not trying to argue with you, Don; I’ve just never heard anyone address this issue who isn’t on the left. Are working conditions regulations typically a no-no for local governments? It’s one of the many areas of law I know zero about.
I’m not trying to argue with you, Don;
Let go of his leg.
I’ve just never heard anyone address this issue who isn’t on the left.
What issue?
Are working conditions regulations typically a no-no for local governments? It’s one of the many areas of law I know zero about.
Municipal governments never encompass entire commuter belts and county governments do so only with regard to the smallest cities. The geographic jurisdiction of state governments will commonly encompass several commuter belts and commutes which cross state borders are unusual. Where they are common is in and around urban settlements which are bisected by state borders (or trisected in a couple of cases). Roughly 50 million people live around such urban settlements, out of a population in excess of 300 million. So, a state regulatory regime will do for employers whose employees work in one state. For multi-state employers, a baseline established by federal regulations upon which the states might or might not elaborate is agreeable.
The regulatory function of local government properly concerns itself with features of the built environment and issues which arise because people live close together.
I must have missed something. What on Earth is he talking about?
https://www.texasobserver.org/texans-die-from-heat-exhaustion-after-governor-bans-water-breaks/
I think since the settlement of Texas you would be hard pressed to find many days when Texans did not die of heat exhaustion in Summer. There is a reason why General Sheridan said that if he owned Hell and Texas he would live in Hell and rent out Texas.
Yeah, I didn’t link the article because I thought it was neutral, but because it introduces the issue and gives an example of the media slant on it.
Employers know that healty employees work better. Dying employees do not raise the GNP.
The power over water rights is a grab for power greedy politicians.
See: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. just for fun. Walter Huston is always a genius.
After what the EPA did to ruin the water in three states, it is a wonder that water becomes a real issue any where.
Maybe it is the illegal invaders working the fields. That would explain much.
Mary, here is some local water news. EPA makes the news ..again.
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-team/clermont-county-leaders-worry-chemicals-injected-into-groundwater-at-beckjord-will-impact-drinking-water
Yeah, I didn’t link the article because I thought it was neutral, but because it introduces the issue and gives an example of the media slant on it.
The lie is right there in the headline. Nothing stops workers or their foremen from having water breaks. The legislation merely says that local governments cannot require foremen to have a specific schedule of water breaks for their staff.
Name and shame the bad employers. Don’t deride a whole nation. Talk about exaggerating in order to make a political point.
When I was working my way through college and law school, I had numerous hot and sweaty jobs. Maybe I was just lucky, but we could take a swig of water whenever we wanted. Employers usually supplied salt tablets and sweatbands, and we were warned about heat stroke and to look after ourselves and our fellow workers, and we did. No regulations needed, just common sense and bosses who understood that a comatose worker is no good to anyone.
No regulations needed, just common sense and bosses who understood that a comatose worker is no good to anyone.
I suspect in Texas it works that way as a matter of course, with some exceptions. It might be satisfactory to have a proforma regulation issued by the state health and safety commission. About the protests, I’m recalling Ronald Reagan’s comment about those protesting on behalf of the United Farm Workers: “There’s no evidence anyone picketing at the fields ever worked there”. It wouldn’t surprise me to discover that the protesters are crisis actors hired to stage a pseudo-event for the Democratic Party noise machine.