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Outdoor Workers Demand Protection as Cruel Heat Bakes Southern Europe
APULIA, ITALY, JUL 22 – At least five heat-related deaths occurred on Apulia beaches amid temperatures up to 45°C caused by African high pressure, with labor unions urging better worker protections.
- Hundreds of street cleaners and citizens marched in Barcelona last week to protest after street sweeper Montse Aguilar died during a heat wave last month.
- Extreme summer heat and climate change, which experts say worsen heat waves, caused temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in six of Spain's 81 provinces on Tuesday.
- Authorities issued new rules requiring breathable uniforms, hats, and sun cream for cleaning workers, with mandatory water breaks and shade when temperatures reach 34 C, and work suspensions at 40 C.
- The Carlos III Health Institute reported over 1,000 excess deaths in Spain in June and July, while Italian authorities noted at least five heat-related deaths recently in Apulia.
- European labor unions and the International Labor Organization urge coordinated action to protect workers from heat, highlighting that "stress is an invisible killer" under rising temperatures.
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Outdoor workers demand protection as cruel heat bakes southern Europe
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Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
mainwelle.deBy the weekend, people in south-eastern Europe will have to cope with temperatures of over 40 degrees.
The current heat wave in southern Europe has already cost the lives of at least five people in Italy. Five holidaymakers have died since Monday in the Salento Peninsula, south of Apulia, probably due to extreme temperatures. Mercury has reached 40°C in the shade in recent days. ...
Extreme weather makes Italy to create. In the south of Italy there is an alarm level red. The heat wave has already cost five people their lives.
The Italian meteorological service has issued the highest alert level for extreme heat in the southern Italian cities of Campobasso, Palermo, and Pescara. Temperatures could rise sharply in the coming days (up to 45 degrees Celsius in the shade). At least five beachgoers have already died from the heat in the past 24 hours, according to Italian media.
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