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· by ncnewsline.com ·1d ago · view on bsky.app ↗

As summer heat waves intensify, North Carolina advocates push for farmworker protection • NC Newsline (ncnewsline.com)

Agricultural workers and advocates gathered in Raleigh Thursday to highlight the contributions of immigrant farmworkers and the dangers they face working in extreme heat.

When the heat index tops 105°F, as it has this week in central North Carolina, the National Weather Service issues a heat advisory. But for many workers, taking a break from summer’s extreme conditions is not an option. ncnewsline.com/2026/08/14/a...
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2 comments — live from bluesky

Andrew Collins · 0 · 1d ago
Prayin for my fellow North Carolinian workers. They need it in these current heat conditions we are having.
Bobm0220 · 0 · 8h ago
It's not just farmworkers, it's also roofers, siders, the guys holding the traffic STOP signs on road work, the guys doing the road work. I worked at home improvements for 25 yrs., summer's were always the worst.