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Let's Talk New Mexico 5/21, 8a: Keeping our communities and public spaces clean is life-saving work as we fight viral spread. On this week's call-in show, we'll hear from those essential workers about the conditions they face during the pandemic. Do you work in sanitation or on a hospital cleaning crew? Do you clean homes or other businesses for a living? Are you a home health care worker? We want to hear from you about how things are going. Or do you have a special story or gratitude shoutout for someone who cleans the spaces you inhabit? Email LetsTalk@kunm.org or call in live during the show.

GUESTS: 

• Journalist Yasmin Khan
• Mauricio de Segovia from the District 1199 of the National Union of Hospital and Healthcare Employees
• Catherine Jacks, a caregiver in San Felipe Pueblo

 
RESOURCES: 

• Have you experienced a short check? Wage theft? You can call the federal : , 1-866-487-2365, the state’s : , or Albuquerque’s Legal Department:  (505) 768-4500).
• If you're experiencing discrimination or harassment, you can report it to the federal : , 1-800-669-4000, the state's : 1-800-566-9471, or : (505) 768-3307.
• For occupational health and safety violations, look to : , 1-800-321-6742. Or if you were injured on the job, the : , 505-827-3600.
• Or if you experience retaliation for speaking out, the : , 1-844-762-NLRB.
• The  can also hear your claims about unsafe conditions and wage theft: , 505-255-2840
• Workers rights advocates at  are ready to help, too: . They have offices in Santa Fe, Roswell and Hobbs.
• And of course,  also helps workers facing exploitation, wage theft, injury ... all of it: , 505-246-1627
• And don't forget: Here's where you can  in New Mexico for the next 49 days.
• Anyone who is feeling alone or down or who just needs to talk to someone, check in with : 1-855-4NM-7100. They’re open between 3:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. every day. They also can do text conversations with you between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. 
• If you’re a hospital worker or a first responder and you want to talk to someone, that’s a phone call away, too. That number is: 1-855-507-5509.