There are still those in the labor movement who believe that unionists should oppose single-payer Medicare for All because good union-negotiated benefits strengthen member loyalty and help to organize new members. This misunderstanding persists because the provision of healthcare is deeply embedded in the employment relationship. More than 150 million people in the United States […]

As if our worst in the industrialized world healthcare system didn’t have plenty of problems to begin with, the Republican tax cut proposals wending their way through both houses of Congress would decimate healthcare for poor and working class Americans in order to finance tax cuts for corporations and the rich. As currently written, the bills would […]

Stating that , “We have a real opportunity to achieve the labor movement’s historic demand for health care as a basic human right,” delegates at the AFL-CIO Convention today approved a resolution promising that America’s largest labor federation will play a leading role in the fight for Medicare for All. This resolution, said USW President Leo Gerard […]