NPR.

It might be easy to forget with winter just around the corner, but the whole planet

is getting warmer.

This past decade was the hottest on record, and in North America, this past summer was

the second hottest, and a lot of workers are feeling it.

And you can see this in the news.

It's not just people who work outdoors, but people who work indoors too.

Like from restaurant workers to school teachers.

It's 11.20 right now, and it's currently 80 degrees inside my classroom.

To delivery drivers.

My vision was blurred.

I was seeing stars.

I was throwing up.

I just honestly could not drive that vehicle safely anymore.

Heat illness on the job is a growing problem.

And right now around the country, there's a debate going on about what to do about it.

On one side, worker advocates are pushing federal and state governments to pass new regulations,

rules that would mandate employers to take more steps to keep employees safe.

But most of these proposals haven't gone anywhere because of opposition from industry

groups who say that these kinds of regulations aren't necessary.

They'd be too costly, and they would hurt businesses.

But what if they're wrong about that?

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