… Texas, we were organizing alongside construction workers, hosting vigils and protests against employers that refused to give workers the right to a water break. The most basic of labor rights People had their family members die in the Texas heat on construction sites because they weren't given a water break. And we organized and we marched. We held thirst strikes in front of city halls and passed in three cities the first ever water break rules and water break rights for workers in the American South. (03:04–03:17)
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Asserts that lack of water breaks led to deaths on Texas construction sites.
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