Four AFSCME locals and a Northern California based District Council have endorsed HR 676, national single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).

The four locals are AFSCME East Bay Regional Parks, Local 2428; AFSCME Local 2019; Pleasant City Employees’ Association, AFSCME Local 955; and AFSCME Local 444.

The Oakland-based AFSCME District Council 57 also endorsed the Conyers bill. In a letter to Congressman Conyers informing him of their endorsement, Nancy Swindell, Council President, and George Popyack, Council Director, thanked Conyers for his “strong leadership on this important issue to our nation.”