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Railroad Workers United Endorses WERC!

Railroad Workers United

Unity – Solidarity – Democracy: The Rank & File in Action!

Railroadworkersunited.org info@railroadworkersunited.org (206) 984-3051

PO Box 1053, Salem, IL 62881

Workers Emergency Recovery Campaign
P.O. Box 40009
San Francisco, CA 94140
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
At our Executive Committee Conference Call on April 7th, 2009, Railroad Workers United (RWU) voted to endorse [...]

Single-payer plan is best way to assure true reform in care

By Geri Jenkins
LA Daily News
March 7, 2009
President Obama’s call for achieving “comprehensive” health-care reform this year, and the criteria laid out by the White House for what the plan should include, reflect a large vision and laudable commitment.
Clearly, the moment for transformative change has arrived, starting with the bully pulpit in the Oval Office. What a stark [...]

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Labor Leaders Demand That ‘Single Payer’ Be Part Of Obama Healthcare Reform

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141253.php
Article Date: 05 Mar 2009 – 6:00 PST
The Obama administration’s plans to hold a “Health Care Summit” that excludes advocates of single-payer healthcare reform has drawn a sharp response from labor leaders around the country.
“President Obama has indicated that his administration is committed to the passage of a new ‘universal’ national health care program for [...]

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Unions Vow Stepped-Up Pressure on Congress To Support Single-Payer Healthcare Reform

A report on the January meeting of Labor for Single-Payer Healthcare.

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Rose Ann Demoro: Obama and Daschle Should Opt for Single-Payer

An appeal from the Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of the 85,000-member California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. She can be reached at pmproj@progressive.org.

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