NJ Labor Council , Retirees’ Committee, & Oregon NALC Convention Push Single Payer Summit

 NJ Labor Council , Retirees' Committee, & Oregon NALC Convention Push  Single Payer Summit

NJ Labor Council, Retirees' Committee, & Oregon NALC Convention Push
Single Payer Summit

Three more labor organizations have gone on record in support of the Maine
State AFL-CIO Federation's call for the national AFL-CIO to convene a
labor summit "to build a social movement powerful enough to win single
payer."

In New Jersey, the April meeting of the Bergen County Central Trades &
Labor Council unanimously endorsed the Maine resolution.  Separately, the
Council's Retiree Committee also endorsed the resolution.  Paula Friedman,
Chair of the Labor Council's Retirees, said the Committee "…is in the
process of drafting a letter to all other central labor councils within
our state to endorse as well.  Once we get a majority of endorsements, we
will send it on to our state federation."

In Oregon, the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
unanimously endorsed the Maine AFL-CIO action with a resolution titled
"Implement Campaign for Single Payer Health Care."

The resolution will be forwarded to the Oregon AFL-CIO and the National
Association of Letter Carriers 2010 Convention for concurrence.  The
national NALC and the Oregon AFL-CIO are both on record in support of HR
676.

The Maine convention resolution calls on the AFL-CIO to involve CLC's,
State Federations, and rank and file single payer union activists in the
building of a single payer social movement and to provide resources no
less than those spent on the recent health care reform effort.

The Maine convention action was in line with Resolution #34 adopted at the
September 2009 AFL-CIO Convention which put the national AFL-CIO on record
in support of single payer healthcare, such as HR 676, Expanded and
Improved Medicare For All.

Maine AFL-CIO resolution:
http://unionsforsinglepayerhr676.org/news_releases/2009-12-10

AFL-CIO Resolution #34:
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/convention/2009/upload/res_34amend.pdf


Distributed by:

Kay Tillow
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