{"id":5666,"date":"2023-07-25T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/u-s-rep-greg-casar-stages-thirst-strike-to-advocate-for-federally-mandated-water-breaks-in-extreme-heat\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:09:25","slug":"u-s-rep-greg-casar-stages-thirst-strike-to-advocate-for-federally-mandated-water-breaks-in-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/u-s-rep-greg-casar-stages-thirst-strike-to-advocate-for-federally-mandated-water-breaks-in-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Greg Casar stages &#8216;thirst strike&#8217; to advocate for federally mandated water breaks in extreme heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      As outdoor workers\u00a0in Texas battle extreme heat, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, launched a daylong \u201cthirst strike\u201d in Washington, D.C., as he pushes for a federal workplace standard that would mandate water breaks for people whose jobs require them to work in the heat. \u201cIt\u2019s challenging and it\u2019s hot, but it\u2019s not as hot as it is in Texas,\u201d Casar said as he kicked off the event, during which he\u2019ll forgo water for eight hours.\u00a0 On Tuesday morning, Casar was joined on the steps of the U.S. Capitol by other lawmakers, labor union members and activists.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As outdoor workers\u00a0in Texas battle extreme heat, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, launched a daylong \u201cthirst strike\u201d in Washington, D.C., as he pushes for a federal workplace standard that would mandate water breaks for people whose jobs require them to work in the heat. \u201cIt\u2019s challenging and it\u2019s hot, but it\u2019s not as hot as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}