McDonald's workers in Italy called a strike over having to work in intense heat with faltering AC. Italy has been hit by dangerously high temperatures, with officials telling people to stay indoors. Workers at two branches in the city of Bari said they were being forced to work in boiling temperatures alongside intensely hot kitchen equipment, according to local outlet Bari Today. CGIL has long raised the alarm over a lack of air conditioning for restaurant workers, Calabria 7 reported. It also said that temperatures in the neighboring region of Basilicata were putting factory workers at risk, The Guardian reported.

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Persons: Domenico Ficco, McDonald's, CGIL Organizations: Service, Workers, CGIL, New York Times, Guardian Locations: Italy, Wall, Silicon, Bari, Calabria, McDonald's Italy, Basilicata