Hotel Workers Risk Arrest for Health Insurance - NAM

() Hotel workers in San Francisco, many of them immigrant women, are risking mass civil disobedience to get their employers to cover their medical insurance. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Brandon Jones - Sep 29, 2009 - 6:41 PM PDT
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Brandon Jones
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by Brandon Jones - Oct. 4, 2009

This story highlights two very strong female voices in their struggle for health insurance from the country's leading hotel chains.

Being a Bay Area resident, I found this article particularly fascinating. The article introduced me to two women who have been part of the immigrant work force, in this case working behind the scenes for San Francisco's leading source of revenue: tourism. What they demand is fair and important, and these strong women, from very different backgrounds, have come together to show that they will no longer be mistreated, even if it means going to jail. They speak for an enormous ... More »

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