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Plug for Labor Campaign for Single Payer

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Amber here with a quick plug for Labor Campaign for Single Payer, an organization of unions who are bringing more unions into the fight to win Medicare for All. Support links below: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/donate-to-labor-campaign-for-single-payer?source=website& While you're at it, also please give a pitch for our January 23-24 virtual strategy conference: https://www.laborforsinglepayer.org/medicare-for-all-strategy-conference/

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0:00.0

Howdy friends, Amber Lee Frost here on behalf of Labor Campaign for Single-Pair Healthcare,

0:06.7

and I have a mission for you. As you probably already know, Labor Campaign for Single Healthcare

0:12.0

is an organization of unions who are bringing more unions into the fight to win Medicare for all.

0:16.3

They don't accept corporate or foundation money in many of their union affiliates,

0:20.0

have experienced mass layoffs, so they have to cut back on their contributions.

0:24.2

We are going to fill that gap. So as an appointment-based healthcare system

0:28.5

melts down in the face of the COVID depression, taking healthcare off the bar at reading table

0:33.4

by making it a right for every American couldn't be more urgent. So they're getting ready to

0:38.4

challenge the fight administration's narrow view of healthcare reform as a market reform and they

0:42.2

need your support. I know a lot of people are spread really thin right now. There's a ton of

0:48.0

worthy charities and volunteer opportunities that are desperate for your help, but this is something

0:52.7

different. This is organizing for the long run and it's an investment and worker power.

0:58.0

It's an investment in your own healthcare and they need help to keep fighting for everyone,

1:03.5

including you. You might have heard us on the podcast talking about how left politics are going

1:08.7

to need a big, strong, organized, we to get anything done. That we is going to be workers in

1:14.8

unions and organizations like Labor Campaign for Single Pair. Labor makes us big and strong.

1:19.8

So donate what you can as soon as you can until everyone you know to donate. In fact, you should

1:25.6

donate, tweet about it and say that, ever sent you because sometimes when I do these plugs,

1:30.4

I get unions swag out of it and I love presents. Also, if you are interested in getting more

1:36.6

involved in Labor Campaign for Single Pair, their strategy conference is being held virtually

1:40.8

January 23rd to 24th. We'll have a link to the donation page and the conference registration

1:46.3

in the description. Give what you can so we can all have fucking healthcare one day and so that I

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