Brian Laird on WNYC and in our last 15 minutes this morning, we're going to end with a call-in for and a guest about working outdoors when the temperature is really, really hot.

Who has, who has experience with this to talk about both the personal experience of having

to be a worker outdoors and extreme heat and the policy questions that this suggests.

212-433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92.

Of course, last week in the midst of the first heat wave of the summer in our listening area,

we invited you to share your tips and tricks for beating the heat in general,

but for many workers, especially for those who work outdoors or indoors

without air conditioning, temperatures can cause serious illness, even death. Nationally, about

100 million people were under extreme heat alerts in the last week, but without federal

regulation, which there isn't that much of. It's up to states and cities in some cases to try and regulate

and enforce safe working conditions, and they really vary. So joining us now to discuss efforts

to protect workers from extreme heat, both on the federal and state and city levels, is Terry

Gerstein, director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative.

She was a former Labor Bureau Chief in the New York State Attorney General's Office and a deputy

commissioner in the New York State Department of Labor. Terry, welcome back to WNYC. Thank you so much

for joining us. Thank you for having me to talk about this really important subject.

And listeners, this is for you too. If you for having me to talk about this really important subject.

And listeners, this is for you too. If you work in hot environments, either outdoors or indoors,

help us report this story. What does work feel like when it starts to get really, really hot outside? What precautions do you, or even more to the point of this segment, what precautions does your employer hopefully take as well?

212-433 WNIC, 433-9-692, and are those precautions adequate either at the level of your employer or the level of the law.

212-433, WNYC, if anyone has current experience or any time in your working life with this kind

of situation.

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