5. Everybody In Nobody Out: How Organized Labor Can Support Single Payer

this is what Nate labor needs to do to win this fight we need to move it up down and out in our organizations if your larger local union has not yet passed a resolution they need to pass a resolution supporting Medicare for all there's a sample resolution available at BMW org we need to make this a legislative priority we need to let all the politicians that we deal with from the local to the national know that we will not support them unless they take this issue up as part of their political

program we need to educate our members so they understand what's wrong with the current system and and the opportunities that we would have under a medicare-for-all system now we need to show solidarity with other workers or in fights for healthcare justice and we need to use all of the tools that we have in the organizers toolbox the door-to-door canvassing the legislative visits town hall meetings letters to the editor resolutions that are passed at all levels of government mass rallies all of these tools that we've learned are effective to create political change we

need to mobilize them on behalf of this fight from Medicare for all the American people will support us on this I am convinced that if we put everything that we have into this fight and that we keep our eyes on the prize we can win this fight and we can win health care is a right for everyone in America there are over 6,000 lobbyists in this town who work for medical insurance companies for big pharma and other healthcare profit

ears there's only 535 congressmen and Senators in this building that I'm standing in front of that means that from every Congress person in this country there are 10 lobbyists the only job it is from the moment they get up in the morning to the moment they go to sleep at night to convince that person that they need to preserve the profits and the privileges of their industry and stand in the way of just health care for all Americans so

we need to counteract that with people power we need you to call your Congress person to call them regularly to have your family and your neighbors and your friends call your Congress persons use the 800 number on this screen to call your Congress person once a month and remind them that we need Medicare for all that we need them to support legislation in the House and the Senate to win Medicare for all Americans [Music]