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GRITtv: San Francisco Strike for Health Care

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San Francisco is a popular tourist destination but an expensive city in which to live. Hotel workers at the Grand Hyatt, many of them Chinese immigrants, were recently told that their new contract would require them to pay for their own health insurance despite their full-time jobs doing physical labor. A couple of hundred dollars a month make a huge difference for the hotel workers, so they went on strike to protest the unfair labor practices.

GRITtv: Nov. 16, 2009

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Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" comes out Tuesday, and the corporate media have been all Palin, all the time. Richard Kim, author of "Going Rouge," Rebecca Traister, Max Blumenthal and Shannyn Moore discuss why Palin just won't go away and what it is about her that keeps people coming back for more. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman joins Laura to talk about her new book, "Breaking the Sound Barrier," making independent media, and her struggles with the health care system while dealing with her mother's recent illness. Sen.

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