SUPPORTERS OF

H.R. 676 - 111^th Congress

H.R. 676 is sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (D. MI)

with 86 co-sponsors

National Organizations with Oregon State affiliates

and/or members:

Consumer

• Consumer Federation of America (CFA)

• Consumers Union (CU)

Health

• Act-UP

• Alliance to Defend Health Care

• American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP)

• American Medical Student Association (AMSA)

• American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)

• American Nurses Association (ANA)

• American Patients United

• American Public Health Association (APHA)

• Deaf and Blind/Deaf for Human Rights

• Health Plan Navigator

• HealthCare Initiatives

• Healthcare-NOW!

• Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care

• National Healthcare for the Homeless Council

• National Medical Association (NMA)

• National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)

• National Single Payer Alliance

• National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)

• Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)

• Peoples’ Health Movement-U.S. Circle

• Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)

• Unified Union Partners (UUP) (Veterans Administration employees)

• Universal Health Care Action Network

Labor

• A. Phillip Randolph Institute

• All Unions Committee for Single Payer

• Amalgamated Lithographers of America, Graphic Communications

• Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Latino Caucus

• American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada

• American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

• American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)

• Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)

• Communications Workers of America (CWA)

• Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (IBEW)

• Farm Labor Organizing Committee FLOC

• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) 

• International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU)

• International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Pacific Coast Pensioners Association

• Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare

• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

• National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

• National Education Association (NEA)

• Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)

• Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association

• Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE)

• Sailors’ Union of the Pacific

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

• Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU UHW)

• Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)

• Steel Council of the United Auto Workers

• United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices  of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States & Canada (UA)

• United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE)

• United Automobile Workers (UAW)

• United Electrical Workers (UEW)

• United Steel Workers (USW)

• United Transportation Union (UTU)

• Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)

Other

• Alliance for Democracy (AFD)

• Business Coalition for Single Payer Health Care

• C.T. Vivian Institute

• Campaign for Fresh Air & Clean Politics

• Center for Democratic Renewal

• Coalition for Democracy Healthcare Working Group

• Code Pink

• Hesperian Society

• Latinos for National Health Insurance

• Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign

• Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition

• Prosperity Agenda

• Reaching Out to Others Together (ROOT)

• Ruckus Society

• Single Payer Action

• U.S. Human Rights Network

• Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP)

Political

• Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)

• Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS)

• Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)

• Green Party of the United States

• Labor Party

• League of Young Voters

• National Organization for Women (NOW)

• Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)

• Public Citizen

• U.S. Conference of Mayors (representing towns with populations over 30,000, passed  unanimously in 2008)

• Young Democrats

Religious

• American Humanist Association, Feminist Caucus

• Church Women United

• Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)

• Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization

• Pastors for Peace

• Presbyterian Church (USA), Health, Education, and Welfare Association

• United Church of Christ (UCC)

• United Methodist Church, General Board on Global Ministries

• Unitarian Universalist Association of Churches (UUA)

Senior Citizens

• Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA)

• Older Women’s League (OWL)

Oregon Affiliates and other organizations:

Consumer

• Oregon Consumer League (OCL) (founded 1966, charter member of Consumer Federation of America)

Health

• Healthcare for All-Oregon

• Physicians for a National Health Program, Corvallis Chapter

• Physicians for a National Health Program, Portland Chapter

• Portland Health Institute

Labor

• AFL-CIO of Oregon (one of 39 state AFL-CIO organizations), Salem, OR
• Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Local 757, Portland, OR
• American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 2157, Portland, OR
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council 75, Salem, Oregon
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME),  Local 3214, Eugene, OR
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Tigard, OR
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Local 2277, Portland Community College Facility, Portland, OR
• American Postal Workers Union (APWU), Southern Oregon Area Local, Medford, OR
• Carpenters Local 247, Portland, OR
• Central Labor Council, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, AFL-CIO, Salem, OR
• Central Labor Council, Southern Oregon, AFL-CIO, Central Point, OR
• Central Oregon Labor Council, Bend, OR
• Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 7901, Portland, OR
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 48, Portland, OR
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Oregon Area District Council, Portland, OR
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 5, Portland, OR
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 10, Portland, OR
• Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), Local 483, Portland, OR
• National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Branch 82, Portland, OR
• Northwest Oregon Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Portland, OR
• Oregon Education Association (OEA), Portland, OR
• Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT Healthcare NW Local 5017, Portland, OR
• Oregon Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, Local 290, Portland, OR
• Oregon State Council of Machinists (IAM), Portland, OR
• Portland State University Faculty Association, AFT Local 3571, Portland, OR
• United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 290, Portland, OR
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), Local 555 (18,000 members), Tigard, OR
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union---The Active Ballot Club-Political Arm of Local 555 (UFCW), Tigard, OR
• United Steelworkers (USW), Local 8378, McMinnville, OR

Other

• Jobs With Justice, Portland, OR

• Jobs With Justice, Ashland, OR

Political

• Eastside Democratic Club, Portland, OR

• Pacific Green Party of Oregon

• Pacific Green Party of Oregon, Portland Metro Local

• Progressive Democrats of America, Mid Valley Chapter

• Progressive Democrats of America, Portland Metro Chapter

• Socialist Party of Oregon

Religious

• Metanoia Peace Community, Portland, OR

• United Methodist Church Oregon-Idaho Conference,   Portland, OR