Texas Congressman Greg Casar said he is hosting the hunger and thirst strike to draw attention to the need for a federal workplace heat standard, including protections for rest and water breaks.
the Dallas City Council after his death to adopt an ordinance requiring manual laborers get breaks.
"Our governor should be helping everyday workers and instead what he's chosen to do is to sign a law this month taking people's rights to a water break on the job away from them," Casar said."And that is just cruel. It's wrong. And we know we have to overturn that decision. And so that's why we're calling on the president to accelerate a federal rule to protect all Americans from the heat while at work.
Casar said he received a call from Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su on Tuesday afternoon during the strike.
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