Ernest Lindsay spoke about United Workers' training of leaders from the ranks of the poor, and the group's successful struggle for a living wage for Camden Yards workers - from less than $5 an hour to over $11 an hour. But like Donna Smith in her earlier testimony, Mr. Lindsay stated that workers in the U.S. must sometimes make impossible choices from competing necessities: health and medicine costs, a place to live, food, or transportation. And job loss, and loss of health insurance, can occur concurrently when a worker grows ill, although health care needs have grown. He highlighted United Workers' recent Human Rights Fair and Solidarity March to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, an area recently declared a "Human Rights Zone" by United Workers.
Mr. Lindsay stated, "We won our living wage campaign in Camden Yards. United Workers...fights for dignity and human rights for all. We're doing [these human rights campaigns] not just for one person, but for the entire race. We are all humans, and by working together we can form a stronger chain and let the people in power know that we are not disposable, we are all part of God's world."
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To learn more about Single Payer and how you can join this growing movement, visit http://www.healthcare-now.org/ or http://www.pnhp.org/. To contact the Maryland Coalition for Health Security, visit www.md.pnhp.org. Or, join the 20 million Americans in the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care.
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*Town Hall sponsors: MD chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Healthcare-Now of MD, MD Coalition for Health Security, Health Care for the Homeless, Chesapeake Citizens, B'more Housing for All, Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics, Presbyterian Church USA, Progressive Democrats of MD, Progressive Democrats of Towson, MD Green Party National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Maryland League of Women Voters, Citizens for Integrity, United Workers
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Diane Wittner, founder of Chesapeake Citizens www.chesapeakecitizens.org, can be reached at info@chesapeakecitizens.org.
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