CLUW members, At CLUW’s convention in November delegates adopted a resolution entitled “Continue the Fight for Health Care Justice’ and it resolved in part: “The Coalition of Labor Union Women joins with our sisters and brothers around the country and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer to continue to advocate, educate and organize for healthcare justice and for a single-payer system that will make healthcare a birthright for everyone in America. …” The following is information on an upcoming conference on this issue: Labor Campaign National Advisory Board Don Berry, President Maine AFL-CIO Jeff Crosby, President Northshore Labor Council (MA) Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director National Nurses United Donna Dewitt, President Emeritus South Carolina State AFL-CIO Maria Elena Durazo, Exec. Secty-Treasurer Los Angeles Federation of Labor Pat Eiding, President Philadelphia CLC Fernando Gapasin West Central Oregon CLC Ben Johnson, President Vermont American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Jeff Johnson, President Washington State Labor Council Greg Junemann, President International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Bruce Klipple, President United Electrical Workers, UE Tom Leedham, Secty-Treasurer Teamsters Local 206 George Lovell, President Vermont AFL-CIO Fred Mason, President Maryland/DC AFL-CIO Hugh McVey, President Missouri State AFL-CIO David Newby, President Emeritus Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Henry Nicholas, President AFSCME 1199 Tim Paulson, Executive Director San Francisco CLC Josh Pechthalt, President California Federation of Teachers Clyde Rivers, Representing California School Employees Association Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, President NY State Nurses Assoc. Steven A. Tolman, President Massachusetts AFL-CIO Jos Williams, President DC Metro CLC Nancy Wohlforth, Representing California State AFL-CIO The Labor Campaign for Single Payer will convene a National Strategy Conference August 22-24 at the historic ILWU Local 6 Hall in Oakland, California. The theme of this years conference will be Organizing for Healthcare Justice in the Age of Obamacare. This will be our first conference on the West Coast and we will have an opportunity to connect with inspiring labor-supported state single payer movements in California, Oregon and Washington and we will hear from our many of our California-based labor affiliates in Labor United for Universal Healthcare, National Nurses United, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, California School Employees Association, California Federation of Teachers and dozens of local unions and Central Labor Councils. The meeting will overlap with the meetings of Healthcare NOW! and the One Payer States group. This will provide an exceptional opportunity for cross-fertilization with key allies. Participants will have the option of attending all three conferences and there will be joint plenaries, keynote speakers and a Saturday night reception. The Conference will convene at 7 PM on Friday, August 22 and adjourn no later than 12 noon on Sunday, August 24. There will be a joint plenary Saturday afternoon August 23 with Healthcare NOW and One-Payer States and a reception that evening at the California Nurses Association in downtown Oakland. Attendees are welcome to arrive early for the One-Payer States meeting on Friday afternoon and stay through the Healthcare-NOW! Annual Meeting on Sunday afternoon. A full conference schedule will be published shortly. ILWU Local 6 is located at 99 Hegenberger Road near the Oakland Airport. Ample parking is available. A limited block of rooms has been reserved at a special rate of $129 per night at the Oakland Airport Hilton, one block from the ILWU Hall. The Hilton provides free shuttle service to and from the Oakland Airport and the Coliseum BART Station. Hotel reservations can be made here or by calling 1-800-HILTONS (445-8667) and using booking code SPC. There is a $75 registration fee that includes lunch on Saturday and transportation to and from downtown Oakland on Saturday evening. The registration fee will cover admittance to all events and activities of all three groups over the weekend. Scholarships are available (contact Mark Dudzic to arrange for one). Registration for the Conference can be done online or by printing and mailing this form together with your registration check. This is a time of intense ferment and opportunity for the healthcare justice movement. If you believe that labor must help to lead the fight to make healthcare a right for everyone in America, please plan to attend this important Conference. For more information, contact Mark Dudzic at [email protected] or 201-314-2653.In Solidarity, Mark Dudzic National Coordinator
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 17:17:55 +0000
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