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[Thread] The heatwave that has ripped through the northern hemisphere is an inconvenience, certainly, but it is a grave threat to workers in the fields and on building sites. The @ilo has released a new report on this problem. ilo.org/global/about-t…. 
The @ilo's recommendation - mechanisation and skills development - are weak. More is needed. See my report - asiatimes.com/2019/07/opinio….
I close with the example of Kerala, where Left Democratic Front government - before the rains began - put a mandatory moratorium on work in the sun between 11am & 3pm. This is a start in the short-term. The longer term solution leads us towards the climate catastrophe.
Obduracy in many Western capitals regarding the climate catastrophe simply means it will continue. As temperatures rise, it is the most vulnerable people who will be burned in the fields & at building sites.
The workers will flee and then be treated as criminals. Their choices are limited: to die under the blistering sun or to die on the road.
But there is an alternative. They build unions to bargain from strength. See the @tri_continental dossier on building worker power in neo-liberal times, thetricontinental.org/the-only-answe…. @cituhq @cpimspeak
