*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Why some unions are nervous about ‘Medicare for all’ Author: Matt Pierce Source: LA Times

*Date: *Dec 23, 2019 Summary: The labor movement has long pushed for more comprehensive government healthcare in the U.S. But to see why some unions are nervous about talk of “Medicare for all” in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, there’s no better place to start than the Culinary Union, whose parent union, Unite Here, has waged aggressive strikes and contract campaigns with employers to secure a level of affordability, accessibility and autonomy over healthcare coverage that would be unrecognizable to most Americans.

*Link: * https://lat.ms/2Zk0xkH

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