Vic Kamber, a prominent figure in many Democratic and labor-led campaigns, has posted a commentary on Congressman John Conyers’ single payer legislation, HR 676, and the outlook for real healthcare reform on his blog: www.vickamber.com.
The Kamber Group is well known to labor activists. Kamber served as assistant to the president of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, and director of the AFL-CIO Task Force on Labor Law Reform. A veteran Democratic political consultant, Kamber has worked in over 100 political races, from City Council to Presidential.
Excerpts from Vic Kamber’s Oct. 18, 2006, Blog “Congress: Conyers is alive and well”:
“Every day more and more evidence piles up that Democrats are going to regain control of the Congress. It’s so compelling that even Democrats in Congress are beginning to believe it.”
“Here’s how I know: Rep. John Conyers’ universal health care bill that has been lying dormant all these years has suddenly come alive. If the American people could have voted on the bill, Conyers’ legislation would have passed overwhelmingly when it was first introduced… .”
“For years, labor unions have wanted health care taken off the collective bargaining table and have been active participants in statewide universal health care campaigns. Now as they perceive Democrats regaining control of the Congress, they’re giving new attention to the Conyers’ bill. Hundreds of local unions and central labor councils have endorsed HR 676, including state AFL-CIOs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut and Kentucky. Just the other day the nation’s largest labor union, the National Education Association, signed on.”
“There is a huge and anxious audience impatient for government to do something about our country’s biggest domestic crisis… .”
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For a complete list of union endorsers of HR 676 and a sample union resolution
contact:
Kay Tillow,
All Unions Committee for Single Payer-HR 676,
c/o Nurses Professional Organization,
1169 Eastern Parkway, #2218,
Louisville, KY 40217, (502) 636-1551.
email: nursenpo@aol.com