Maine AFL-CIO Organizes Single Payer Education Program

Maine AFL-CIO Organizes Single Payer Education Program 

One state AFL-CIO is actively trying to build the social movement
necessary to pass single payer legislation such as HR 676.  The Maine
AFL-CIO takes its lead from resolution 34 passed at the September National
AFL-CIO convention.

Recently, The Maine state AFL-CIO has developed a number of materials,
including a power point presentation, leaflets, cost analysis, and other
tools to reach out to local unions and rank and file members to help
educate and arm them with the knowledge of the benefits of single payer
health care and how it works.

All the materials developed by the Maine state AFL-CIO are available here:

http://unionsforsinglepayer.org/other_resources/singlepayer_docs/batch_1

The Maine AFL-CIO State Convention first passed a resolution calling on
the National AFL-CIO to convene a summit to make plans and to commit the
resources necessary to build a successful movement for single payer.  That
resolution is available here, and state feds, CLCs, and unions are invited
to take similar action.

http://unionsforsinglepayerhr676.org/news_releases/2009-12-10

Our thanks to Charlie Urquhart of the Maine Labor Group on Health and to
Matt Schlobohm, Public Policy & Political Mobilization Direction of the
Maine AFL-CIO for making these materials available.


Distributed by:
All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 636 1551
Email: nursenpo@aol.com
http://unionsforsinglepayerHR676.org
03/03/10