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GRITtv: Which Side Are You On? Organizing Labor in America
Paula Finn, editor of the New Labor Forum, Thomas Frank, author of "What's the Matter with Kansas?" and "The Wrecking Crew" and Wall Street Journal columnist Tom Geoghegan, labor lawyer, recent congressional candidate, and author of "Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back," joined Laura to talk about labor's problems and suggest some solutions to help all of us, whether we're union members or not.
Email this pageGRITtv: San Francisco Strike for Health Care
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. Thanks to New America Media for the video.
