MEANS BEING INSIDE A BUILDING WHERE TEMPERATURES AND CONDITIONS ARE REGULATED.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO WORKING WAREHOUSES, KITCHENS OR EVEN OUTDOORS, THEIR ENVIRONMENT CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE AND EVEN BE MADE WORSE BY SUMMER HEAT WAVES LIKE THE ONES WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS WEEK.

ADVOCATES SAY A LACK OF REGULATION IS LEADING TO LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS BUT ARE WORKING TO EDUCATE WORKERS ABOUT THE RIGHT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR MEGAN, I'VE BEEN WAY TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO AND JOINING US VIA SOULMATES, ANDREW DATA, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT.

YOU'VE GOT TO WORK OR SCHOOL LEBRON, IF I WANT WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND I WANT TO START WITH YOU, MEGAN.

YOU ACTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH LABOR'S.

WHAT CONDITIONS ARE THEY FACE WHEN TEMPERATURES THIS LEVEL?

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE WORK WITH DAY LABORERS.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT SEEK JOBS AT DIFFERENT CORNER HIRING SITES IN CHICAGO, PEOPLE WHO MOSTLY SEE THEM AT HOME DEPOT CENTER PARKING LOTS.

SO WHEN THEY ARE SEEKING JOBS BY THEMSELVES, THEY'RE EXPOSED TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND THEN THEY WILL WORK AND THINGS LIKE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE MOST COMMONLY FOUND WORKING OUTSIDE.

THEY KNOWN SPANISH AS A PART OF MY HAVE YEAH.

ARE EMPLOYERS BEEN PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS FOR FOR THIS WORK FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOT RECENTLY WITH WAS A NEW WAVE OF OF NEW ARRIVALS HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON LABOR LAWS AND HAVE REALLY BEEN.

NOT PAYING FAIR.

WAGES HAVE BEEN EXPOSING PEOPLE TO DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS AND REALLY LIGHT LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS WITHOUT A DOUBT UNDERGOING WITH SHE CO-WORKERS COLLABORATIVE WORKS WITH TEMPORARY WORKERS A IF THEY IF THERE ARE UNSAFE CONDITIONS IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

WHAT BARRIERS ACTUALLY CAN THEY FACE WHEN LOOKING FOR HELP?

WELL, I THINK THE NUMBER ONE BARRIER IS A AN INFORMATION BARRIER.

YOU KNOW, A HEAT IS A UNIQUELY DANGEROUS THING BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT AN OBVIOUS, RIGHT?

IT'S A COMPOUNDING THREAT SO IF YOU'RE EXPOSED TO A STRENUOUS CONDITIONS AND HIGH HEAT OVER, LET'S SAY A WEEK YOU ARE MUCH ELEVATED RISK OF A HEART ATTACK.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IF IF THEY ARE THE FIRST DAY.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT WORKERS NEED TO KNOW IS IS HOW IDENTIFY THE SIGNS.

HEAT, EXHAUSTION HEAT STROKE.

AND THE SECOND THING IS YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S A LACK OF UNIFORM NATIONAL TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM A HIGH HEAT CONDITIONS EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.

AND SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS UNIFORMITY OF THESE BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEIR OBSERVATIONS LIKE THE CHICAGO WORKS PARTNERED WITH UNION THAT ARE WORKING THAT EDUCATE WORKERS IN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO STOP WORKING IF THEY THAT HE IS TOO HIGH AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT PROTECTING THOSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME URBAN WILL WILLING TO RISK THEIR HEALTH RIDE BECAUSE THEY THEY THEY NEED TO WORK.

THEY NEED THE MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL KEEP EVEN WORKING, KNOWING THAT THEIR HEALTH IS THAT RISK MAY GET.

IS THERE ENOUGH OVERSIGHT PROTECTING WORKERS NOW?

NOW THEY'RE THERE JUST ISN'T WE REALLY HAVE SEEN A HUGE GAP IN AROUND JUST ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT WORK SITES.

WHAT DO YOU MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT OR LEGISLATION COULD LOOK LIKE TO PROTECT ITS WORKERS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE, A CITY THAT IS BEING SPONSORED BY ALDERMAN HAD THAT WOULD SET GUIDELINES PROTECTING WORKERS THAT ARE DOING WORK OUTSIDE.

SO THIS THESE ESSENTIAL THINGS LIKE ALLOWING THEM ACCESS TO WATER SHADE, SCHEDULING THEM DURING TIMES WHERE THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT.

ANDREW SAYS A BROADER ISSUE BEYOND CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THERE STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN STAFF AND PROFIT FROM BELIEVE PHOENIX, AN ARIZONA IN TUCSON JUST FOLLOW SUIT AND IMPLEMENTING SOME BECAUSE AND FLORIDA THAT THAT ISN'T GOING.

SO THE YOU KNOW, WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE NATIONAL ACTION AND WE HAD SOME VERY GOOD NEWS ACTUALLY ON THIS, WHICH IS THAT JULY 11.

SO JUST OVER A WEEK AND NOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON NATIONAL RULES AND THOSE RULES APPLY TO ALL PLAYERS ACROSS THE BUT WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NEXT SUMMER AT THE VERY EARLIEST AND THINGS COULD IN NOVEMBER.

WHAT EFFORTS IS YOUR MAKING TO EDUCATE WORKERS?

SO THE CHARTER OR FIRST COLLABORATIVE ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER WORKERS CENTER'S ARE WE WE HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH WORKERS WERE WORKING IN BY MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSING LOT OF THESE PLACES WITH FOREMAN, LEIGHTON, PARTICULARLY PLACES WHERE LIKE BAKERIES, INDUSTRY, BAKERIES AND ANY BUT HE GETS EXTREMELY HIGH AND THEN THEY'LL GO IN THE FREEZER.

THEY'RE NOT ONLY TO THE EXTREMES OF A 14000 DEGREES IN DURHAM, WORKING CONDITIONS, BUT THEN ALSO SHIFTING ALL THE WAY TO LIKE NEGATIVE 30 DEGREES.

THAT IS AN EXTREME STRESS IN THE BODY.

SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES IN THESE KINDS OF PLACES.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ORGANIZING WITH WITH THE WORKERS UNIT, TO THEM BOTH RIGHTS, BUT THEN ALSO TO HELP ORGANIZE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE STAND TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE A REAL ABILITY TO PROTECT WORKPLACE.

AGAIN, SAME QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR ORGANIZATION DOING TO EDUCATE WORKERS?

SO WE ORGANIZERS.

THEY VISIT DIFFERENT CORNER HIRING SITES AROUND CHICAGO AND THE ENGAGEMENT FOLKS ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF HEATSTROKE, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT OTHER RIGHTS.

BUT I WILL SAY IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH, RIGHT?

WE ARE.

WE HAVE OVER 10 DIFFERENT CORNER HIRING SITES THROUGHOUT CHICAGO.

WHAT THE RESPONSE, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

HOW ARE THEY REACTING TO THAT INFORMATION?

SOME OF THEM WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME HERE.

I HAVE NO RIGHTS.

YEAH, THAT THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS THAT THAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST OF ALL.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD NO IDEA.

AND THE FOLLOW-UP AROUND JUST HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE FROM FROM EXTREME HEAT.

STUFF THAT REALLY MAKE SENSE TO THEM.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING.

AND THAT IS THAT WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS NOT THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WORKER, THAT EMPLOYERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THIS IS A LARGER STRUCTURAL ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

OKAY.

WHAT ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKERS WHO DON'T PROVIDE, YOU SAFETY ENVIRONMENT FOR FOR PORTFOLIOS, FOR LABOR'S GOING FOR HIM.

PLAYERS YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY FACE HAVING A WORKER DIE ON THE JOB.

IT HAS HAPPENED, THEN CAN DEFINITELY HAPPEN.

HEAT STROKE IS IS SYRIA'S SO THE EMPLOYER THEMSELVES SHOULD FEEL MOTIVATION TO TO PROVIDE THESE GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH