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>> yeah, there are rules in place, about the temperature when laborers are allowed to be working on these sites, rules about how many days a week they can work. we know that these rules are often flouted, however. and you have coffins coming home every day, more than a worker per day on average is dieing in this tiny, tiny country. we're talking about 280,000 citizens, 1.4 million foreign workers. and that's -- those are the construction laborers. there are a lot of domestic workers as well from south asia. >> just say that again. one coffin coming home every day. >> there is more than one lab...

Get built, you've got a migrant labor workforce with no rights and 120 degrees daytime temperatures. >> yeah, there are rules in place, about the temperature when laborers are allowed to be working on these sites, rules about how many days a week they can work. we know that these rules are often flouted, however. and you have coffins coming home every day, more than a worker per day on average is dieing in this tiny, tiny country. we're talking about 280,000 citizens, 1.4 million foreign workers. and that's -- those are the construction laborers. there are a lot of domestic workers as well fro...

That is not what they create. >> juan: somebody represents workers to make sure that workers get a fair shake out of management. and people don't get exploited. that is not a bad thing. >> greg: at one point you were right but it's gotten pretty bad. we can all agree there was a noble purpose behind this. >> juan: there was. that's fair. but you know what we have seen a tremendous decline in unit. not in favor in the private sector about disappeared. we are talk about the public sector unions. >> eric: these people are paid, paid on the hard work of the teachers. of the construction laborers a...

That is not what they create. >> juan: somebody represents workers to make sure that workers get a fair shake out of management. and people don't get exploited. that is not a bad thing. >> greg: at one point you were right but it's gotten pretty bad. we can all agree there was a noble purpose behind this. >> juan: there was. that's fair. but you know what we have seen a tremendous decline in unit. not in favor in the private sector about disappeared. we are talk about the public sector unions. >> eric: these people are paid, paid on the hard work of the teachers. of the construction laborers a...

>> absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. >> this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. >> that's right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what ...