Articles by Staff Writer Frida Garza

Frida Garza is a staff writer covering food and agriculture at Grist. She was previously an editor at the Guardian U.S., where she launched and led a series on environmental and climate justice, as well as reported on the intersections of food, climate, and labor. Prior to that, Frida was a senior staff writer at Jezebel. Her writing has appeared in the Texas Monthly, ELLE.com, VICE, and other places.

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No federal heat standard? NYC workers are building their own safety net.

Frida Garza Extreme Heat

Dave Carew was going on vacation. But first, he had some tabling to do. 

It was Thursday, two days before the Fourth of July, and Carew, a UPS worker of 13 years, had set up an information booth with pamphlets and thermometers outside the company’s customer center in the north Bronx. His goal was to catch workers on their way in and out of shifts and educate them on how to stay safe when it’s blisteringly hot outside. 

Weather forecasts in New York City predicted temperatures nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit over the holiday weekend — and the heat was already intensifying. Standing in the shade and sporting bright blue sunglasses, Carew talked to his fellow workers, reminding them of their right to take paid breaks in the heat. 

“Heat safety is no joke,” he said the following day. Extreme heat protections have long been a concern for outdoor workers, and in recent years, unions representing delivery workers, farmworkers, and constr... Read more

Frida Garza Extreme Heat

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