When Houston Workers Couldn’t Stand the Heat, They Worked to Change the Kitchen


A photo-collage depicts three types of restaurant workers struggling in the heat in their respective work environments: A woman works in a kitchen as she places dishes for waiters to retrieve; a woman cooks in a wok atop a roaring flame; and a person rides a bicycle through a busy downtown intersection as the blazing sun beats down on them.
Photo-illustration by Lille Allen

As climate change drives temperatures up, restaurant staff face uncomfortable, even unsafe, conditions without heat regulations to keep them from harm. Now, some workers are taking matters into their own hands.

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