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> Do you have any references on that? - https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-23/why-some-unions-are-nervous-about-medicare-for-all https://www.latime
by smt88 2y ago
> Do you have any references on that?
- https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-23/why-some-unions-are-nervous-about-medicare-for-all https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-23/why-some-u...
- https://jacobin.com/2018/06/medicare-for-all-health-care-unions https://jacobin.com/2018/06/medicare-for-all-health-care-uni...
- https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/01/why-would-a-union-oppose-medicare-for-all https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/01/why-would-a-unio...
- https://archive.thinkprogress.org/what-unions-think-about-medicare-for-all-2cffd87d7814/ https://archive.thinkprogress.org/what-unions-think-about-me...
Obviously it's not every union and they have different degrees of support or opposition. But Democrats won't pass any major health-care bill without the support of all the largest unions, and they're never getting that, especially as many unions are defecting to MAGAism now.
> Anyone I know that wants separation of employment and health insurance is also very pro-union.
Are they in labor unions? Or are they white-collar workers with college degrees who happen to support both of these things?
As we saw in the last election, there can be a significant disconnect between union members' views and the official unions themselves.