Join us on Wednesday, May 1, as we march for immigration reform, workers’ rights, and healthcare justice now! Immigrants are shortchanged by our current healthcare law. Undocumented immigrants are not covered by the ACA, forcing 11 million of our neighbors to use emergency rooms as their only means of healthcare.
Events
Labor Campaign for Single Payer National Strategy Conference
On January 11, 2013, the Labor Campaign for Single Payer will convene a National Strategy Conference at the O’Hare Embassy Suites Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Leaders of unions and other labor organizations who believe that the fight for health care justice must continue are invited to attend or send representatives to this important meeting.
Screening of "The Waiting Room"
The Waiting Room, directed by Peter Nicks is a character-driven documentary film that goes behind the doors of a large public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients.
Support Grocery Workers
Rally with grocery workers. Don’t let Vons, Albertsons and Ralphs turn middle class jobs into Wal Mart jobs.
Join Nurses at Centinela Hospital
Nurses at the Centinela Hospital are facing a proposal by their employer that would virtually take away their healthcare benefits and only cover services received at the employer’s hospital regardless of where the nurses live, who (and where) their doctors are, and whether or not there are specialists or specific treatments available at their worksite.
Recent News
Labor’s Power and the Medicare for All Struggle
A recent article from Truthout emphasizes the critical need to make "links to labor struggles by health care workers — and bringing unions into the...
California Governor Hopefuls Debate Single Payer Healthcare
Recent Resources
Resources for SB 562
Below are links to PDFs of frequently-requested resources for SB 562. Not seeing what you're looking for, email us and we'll track it down! For Labor:...
Proposition 186: California Health Security Act (1994)
Multiemployer Plans, Taft-Hartley Funds, and Single Payer Healthcare
Healthcare in California is More Than 70% Publicly Funded
How a Medicare for All, Single Payer Program Can Ease the Mental Health Crisis
Recent Events
Medicare For All Weekend of Action
Join healthcare justice activists for a statewide weekend of action for Medicare for All.
Healthcare for All Is in Danger