¡Que Calor!
Our fight for water, shade, and rest for outdoor workers.
Effective July 1, 2024, HB433 bans all local heat protections in Florida, a direct attack on our Que Calor campaign by state lawmakers and industry lobbyists. Donate to our Worker Heat Protection Fund to protect outdoor workers with mutual aid, heat illness education, labor complaints, and national advocacy.
Our Campaign
Launched in 2021, Qué Calor! is a worker-led campaign to win life-saving heat protections for outdoor workers in Florida. On the frontlines of climate change, nearly 2 million outdoor workers in Florida are forced to work in dangerous temperatures without any local, state, or federal heat standards to protect them. Led by those most impacted by the problem, ¡Qué Calor! is a nationally-recognized campaign led by hundreds of farmworkers, plant nursery workers, and construction workers to win enforceable heat protections.
Worker Stories
“I still am afraid for my life because of the heat and I still need to work…We are the workers that put food on the table and we suffer through the heat.”
“I didn’t want to go home. I needed to work and buy food. I didn’t want to lose hours…It’s getting hotter. Even when I started five years ago, it was less hot…I ask myself – what’s going to happen?”
“We are human beings....The fact that we work under the sun, that we work hard, does not mean we are not human beings, that we don’t deserve respect.”
“We’re seeing temperatures above 100 degrees. We meet workers who tell us that their bosses don’t give them even 10- or 15-minute breaks. They know it’s inhumane to work under those conditions, but they have to pay their bills.”
Our Approach
We believe social change happens from below. We believe we need strong, base-building organizations that can develop working-class leadership and are focused on organizing – not just advocacy or mobilizations without strategy. For our movements to win, we need campaigns that can build our base, develop our leadership, and transform our conditions. Since 2021, our ¡Que Calor! campaign has been leading the fight in Florida and building a worker-led movement for labor, climate, and health justice for all.
Our History
On September 26, 2021, WeCount! organized a historic Heat Assembly in Homestead, Florida, with more than a hundred outdoor workers and allies to launch ¡Qué Calor!.
Our Campaign Allies
MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR FUNDERS
