Francisco Tzul, a garment worker in Los Angeles, said he's seen people die on the job due to heat-related stress and illness.
"Sometimes I get really sick, especially over the summer because the heat is extremely bad," said Tzul, 58, who has been a garment worker since the 1990s. "I worked many occasions in small rooms where they keep the machines without ventilation at all. It's horrible."
Ahead of Southern California's triple-digit heat wave this week, union workers were joined by Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Judy Chu in a Tuesday news conference, advocating for the passage of federal workplace heat stress protections.
