[Peace-discuss] Fw: Fight for just treatment of all workers

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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: Fight for just treatment of all workers



Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Detroit's Big Three automakers have a $2,000 per vehicle cost disadvantage over their foreign rivals -- largely because of legacy and benefits costs. "Let's get rid of that cost disadvantage," Romney told "Meet the Press."

The Republicans want to destroy the unions. The Democrats want to keep them in the corral. We do not have a Labor Party in America. We are the leaders we have been waiting for. This issue isn't solely about auto workers, or union organized workers, it's about all workers.

The single most important thing that we can do to help manufacturing, to help retirees, to help working people, to help our children and grandchildren and our communities is fight for universal health care. Retirees don't have any excuses not to show up for marches, sit-ins, or letter writing campaigns. The Obama health care plan is inadequate for our needs. John Conyers' bill HR-676 is set up and ready to roll. He just needs support from the grass roots. Conyers will be pressured to back down and go along with Obama's plan. We should all write to John Conyers, express our appreciation for his perseverance in this struggle for Health Care Justice, and encourage him to stand his ground and don't back down. Half way measures will not work. All retirees need assurance of health care. All workers would be in a better bargaining position if they were assured of basic health care. Our children and grandchildren will have a brighter future if we fulfill our responsibility to them. The generation that introduced two tier wages owes it to the next generation to fight like hell for universal single payer health care. Let's make HR-676 our legacy to them.

Thirty-nine state AFL-CIO federations, over 100 Central Labor Councils and 400 local unions have endorsed HR-676, John Conyer’s "Expanded and Improved Medicare for All" bill. [www.johnconyers.com/healthcare] The first step is to unite the huge reservoir of support for single payer in thousands of local unions and labor bodies.  To take that step, a number of labor federations and unions are planning a national meeting of labor organizations that
support HR 676,"Medicare for All." >  Labor for Single-Payer Healthcare Meeting      
                                                   January 10-11, 2009
                                                   The Crowne-Plaza - Downtown St. Louis
For additional information> www.laborforsinglepayer.org  
or contact Organizing Committee Coordinator Mark Dudzic at  201-314-2653 or mdudzic at igc.org


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