24-07-2025
Outdoor workers demand protection as cruel heat bakes southern Europe
Cruel heat is baking southern Europe as the continent slips deeper into summer.
In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. But under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, occasionally even deadly .
A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and, according to a labor union, 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since. Some of Europe's powerful unions are pushing for tougher regulations to protect the aging workforce from climate change on the world's fastest-warming continent .
