Stickers and Flyers Statewide! Working People Want Reform!

On Thursday, November 5, union members across Wisconsin kicked off a week of workplace actions, focused on encouraging their coworkers to contact Congress about health care reform.

Working people will settle for nothing less than reform which:

• Creates a robust public health insurance option to control costs, keep insurance companies honest and make sure that everybody has access to health care

• Requires employers to pay their fair share to finance reform

• Does not create new middle-class taxes

We are closer than we have ever been to achieving these goals.  The House of Representatives is expected to vote on “Affordable Health Care for America Act” this weekend.  Tell your Representative to vote yes by calling:

1-877-323-5246

While you’re at it, ask your Senators to support legislation that matches the House bill.

Over the course of the next week, union volunteers plan to distribute health care stickers and flyers at 268 workplaces across the state.  Check the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO flickr page for the latest photos from health care actions as they are collected: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisaflcio/collections/72157622253225259/.

(Top Photo: Nurses and health care professionals from WFNHP-AFT Local 5001 make phone calls to Congress from their worksite.  Photo Credit: Candice Owley.  Middle Photo:  Workers from UFCW Local 1473 hand out health care stickers and flyers at the gates of Klements in Milwaukee.  Photo Credit: Justin Geiger. Bottom Photo: Ken Green and other members of UA Local 75 call on Congress to pass comprehensive health insurance reform.  Photo Credit: Justin Geiger.)