Mobile, Alabama. Delegates to the Twenty-Sixth Biennial Convention of the Alabama AFL-CIO endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).

In a letter informing the national AFL-CIO of this convention action, Alabama AFL-CIO President D. S. Burkhalter said: “This resolution recognizes that the Alabama AFL-CIO is in support of HR 676, Single Payer Universal Health Care.”

The Alabama state AFL-CIO is the 31st state federation to endorse the Conyers legislation.