The AFL-CIO and Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) are mobilizing to push healthcare reform that is “affordable, not taxed, includes a public option, [and] requires employers to participate.”

Locally, that means the AFL-CIO and WSLC are pushing people to call Washington-elected United States Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. Senator Cantwell sits on the Senate Finance Committee and Senator Murray sits on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. These are the two Senate committees with jurisdiction over healthcare policy.

In a release, the unions state, “Insurance companies are spending millions right now to derail historic health care reform that includes the option of strong public insurance plan. Congress needs to hear from real working families, not just insurance companies.”