Boston jobs march highlights fired Hyatt workers
By Frank Neisser
Boston
Published Oct 12, 2009 11:06 PM

http://www.workers.org/2009/us/boston_1015/

Over 1,000 unionized and laid-off workers came from across New England for a massive march for jobs here on Oct. 1. With unemployment at record levels and no end in sight, organized labor in Massachusetts stirred the local movement for economic justice to a new height.

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In an historic first, Ethan St. Pierre, a laid-off transgender Verizon worker, was one of the speakers. "When I was laid off, I lost my health insurance that I desperately needed for my gender reassignment surgery!" he exclaimed.

0uch, ouch, ouch....

Losing one's job is bad enough, but losing health insurance which provides transsexual coverage??

I would have thanked my lucky stars to have had such insurance.  To lose this blessing would wound me pretty deeply, I think.