Local unions in Baltimore are responding favorably to a request to endorse HR 676 made by some of the state’s top labor leaders in a letter to all unions. HR 676 is single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).

Those unions who have endorsed HR 676 after receiving the letter include Local 31-N, Graphic Communications Conference (IBT); Local 32 BJ, SEIU; Local 8-1165, United Steelworkers (USW); UNITE-HERE Mid Atlantic; and the Baltimore Francis Stu Filby Area Local, American Postal Workers Union (APWU).