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DESCRIPTION:Stand with hotel workers fighting for affordable health care, safe working 
 conditions, and a living wage!\n\n \nChristine Troughton has been a cook 
 for fiteen years.  She's been working at the Sheraton Grand since it opened 
 six years ago.   Over that time, she's developed a serious shoulder injury 
 that brings her stabbing pain and numbness when she uses her arm, even 
 after physical therapy and painkillers.   Christine has had to teach 
 herself how to cook using one arm.  Sometimes she needs to use both and 
 work through the pain.  And she's had to give up playing sports with her 
 kids. \n\nThere's a surgery that could help Christine get back the full use 
 of her arm.  But under her current contract, she can't afford the insurance 
 plan that would cover it.   Unfortunately, even in the most profitable year 
 the American hotel industry has ever had, hotels in Sacramento are still 
 asking employees making not much more than the minimum wage to bear most of 
 the burden of paying for their healthcare.   These companies, even those 
 that depend on public support, have not yet met their full responsibility 
 to serve the public good.\n\nChristine is tired of choosing between feeding 
 her children and insuring herself and her family.   That's whys he's joined 
 with other workers from the five Sacramento hotels with union contracts 
 expiring this fall – at the same time as contracts around the country – 
 to fight for better contracts and better futures.   These workers are 
 struggling to raise the standard of living in the service sector, where so 
 many of this city's and this country's jobs are being created – 
 especially for women and immigrants.   They're working to make Sacramento a 
 more livable city by winning livable wages, benefits, and working 
 conditions for the people who live here.   They're building a pathway to 
 the middle class for the next generation of American workers. \n\nThey need 
 our help.  They deserve our support.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/25/18313951.php
SUMMARY:Rally for Justice for Sheraton Workers
LOCATION:Outside the Sheraton Grand, 13th & J, Downtown Sacramento
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/25/18313951.php
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