1.0Whole Washingtonhttps://wholewashington.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UmUXZOEvwl"><a href="https://wholewashington.org/event/winning-true-health-security-how-single-payer-could-benefit-unions-and-union-members/">Winning True Health Security- How single payer could benefit unions and union members</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wholewashington.org/event/winning-true-health-security-how-single-payer-could-benefit-unions-and-union-members/embed/#?secret=UmUXZOEvwl" width="600" height="338" title="“Winning True Health Security- How single payer could benefit unions and union members” — Whole Washington" data-secret="UmUXZOEvwl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wholewashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/labor.png800246We are very pleased to invite you to join other labor activists to a program with Rose Roach, National Coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer. The theme of the 3-hour program is “Winning True Health Security - How Could Single-Payer Health Care Benefit Unions & Union Members?” It will take place on Tuesday, May 6 from 10:00 to 1:00 PT at the WA State Labor Council building, 906 Columbia St. SW  in Olympia. Coffee and snacks will be provided. You can register here. Please feel free to share this information with interested union members/leaders.RSVP required. Indicate on RSVP form virtual attendance to receive Zoom link.The labor movement has a proud history of winning good health care benefits for union members and our families, including Taft-Hartley multi-employer plans. Labor also played a central role in winning the Medicare and Medicaid programs for seniors, the disabled and low-income Americans. And yet today these gains are seriously eroding. Close to 100 million Americans either have no health coverage or are so underinsured that they cannot afford to use their insurance. Medical debt accounts for a majority of personal bankruptcies. The escalating costs of health care have caused bitter strikes and have forced many unions to forego fair wage increases while more and more healthcare costs have shifted onto the backs of workers. The COVID pandemic drove home the peril of tying health benefits to employment. And while healthcare costs in our country’s for-profit system are the highest in the world, we rank 28th in infant mortality and 24th in life expectancy. Ours is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee comprehensive health care to all its people. And now many of the gains we have made are being threatened by the political winds blowing from Washington, DC. Please join us. We know there are different viewpoints in the labor movement about health care. Come with your questions! Come with your solutions!