OPINION: Air-conditioning isn't a fortress — even office workers are being smoked out
Construction workers across Sydney and Canberra have downed tools on the basis of workplace health and safety, and union firefighters travelled to Canberra to repeat their calls for greater resourcing and the phasing out of fossil fuels., is now affecting broad groups of workers across multiple industries — including those indoors without adequate air conditioning and ventilation.
This is especially so for those with health conditions that make them susceptible to high heat and bushfire smoke. A furtive retreat into the personal safety of air-conditioned homes — only possible for some, and only partially effective as a barrier against fine particles either way — feels not only alienating but woefully inadequate.
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