“The hot weather and the lack of adaptation are responsible each year for dozens of deaths” at work, denounces the CGT

“These strong heat and this lack of adaptation are responsible each year for dozens of deaths”denounces Tuesday, June 17 on Franceinfo the secretary general of the CGT, Sophie Binet, while for several days, a strike at the CGT call mobilizes the garbage collectors of Niort (Deux-Sèvres), who in particular demand the right to work in shorts in the face of the heat wave that strikes the region.

“What we are asking for is that there are maximum temperatures beyond which it is prohibited to work outdoors and do physical work, because we know how to measure the impact on the health of hot weather”, insists Sophie Binet.

The union leader believes that the labor code has evolved “Far too marginal” Faced with the multiplication of heat wave episodes. It requires an adaptation of working conditions: “You have to adapt the work, adapt the outfits, be able to shift schedules, reduce the days, roughly allow measures to mitigate the arduous work”.

Sophie Binet recalls that the lack of adaptation of working conditions to the hot weather causes each year “Dozens of deaths in the agricultural sector or in the construction sector, for example”.