Labor weighs in on healthcare - National Politics Blog - Political Intelligence - Boston.com

Labor weighs in on healthcare - National Politics Blog - Political Intelligence - Boston.com


One of President Obama's biggest allies -- Big Labor -- is coming to his aid on healthcare.

The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest union federation, announced today that it will mount an intensive 30-day grassroots effort to back a sweeping healthcare overhaul, timed during the recess when members of Congress will be home listening to their constituents.

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, in a call-to-arms memo to union leaders, put the choice starkly: "The question for us is: will we let them make health care 'Obama's Waterloo' or will we make it the next big step in our march to Turn Around America?"


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