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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Why would it matter where a janitor is mopping up? The metro stations are in hire need of cleaning than bus garages. 
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Have you gone outside lately from the comfort of air conditioning?  It's been hellishly hot outside, which especially affects workers with multi-hour shifts significantly spent under the blazing heat.  This issue wouldn't apply to the underground portion of some stations, but many others are entirely above ground, lack adequate air conditioning, and are forced to rely on fans for relief.  And that's only on the "partially inside" station area, they bear the full brunt of the heat outside.

[b]I wouldn't be surprised if WMATA is not providing their workers with enough protection from heat stroke.  Any cleaning that would be done at the Metro station segments that are outdoors or "partially inside" segments should really only be done at night time, to avoid the worst of the heat.  Yet workers are being sent out in the daytime. [/b] I would say that's a valid excuse to strike, if an agreement could not be reached to rectify the situation.[/quote]

What makes me so crazy over threads like these is the assumptions and the superiority. You assume that Metro doesn't consider safety and you know what it takes to maintain a station. [/quote]

I didn't pull this out of thin air either, there's a history on the spectrum of this issue going back a while, for example:

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/133/395/2292673/

https://ggwash.org/view/28239/greenbelt-bus-riders-need-some-shade[/quote]

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