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Road show with Anne Feeney
will ‘sing out for single payer’
Labor singer/songwriter Anne
Feeney has launched a three-state
“Sing Out For Single Payer Health
Care!” road show this month.
Feeney and other featured artists, in-
cluding Jason Luckett, Pat Dodd, the
Citizen’s Band, David Rovics, and oth-
ers, will perform at various locations in
Oregon starting July 7 in Ashland. Most
of the shows are free, with a donation
suggested.
The road show is sponsored by Cal-
ifornia Nurses Association, Jobs with
Justice, Labor Campaign For Single-
Payer Health Care, Labor Task Force
for Universal Health Care, Solidarity
Education Fund, Unions for Single
Payer HR 676, Universal Health Care
For Oregon, and Physicians for a Na-
tional Health Program.
Here is a list of performance dates,
times, locations amnd contact info:
Tuesday, July 7, 6 p.m. Unitarian
Center, Ashland. brain(@)mind.net
Wednesday, July 8, 7 p.m., Pioneer
Park, Bend. 541-318-8169.
Thursday, July 9, 6 p.m., Florence
Events Center, Florence. Stuart Hen-
derson, shenderson88(@)hotmail.com.
Friday, July 10, 3 p.m., Oregon
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Country Fair; Saturday, July 11, 3 p.m.,
Oregon Country Fair; Sunday, July 12,
2:15 p.m., Oregon Country Fair, Veneta.
http://oregoncountryfair.org.
Monday, July 13, 7 p.m., Central
Park Gazebo, Corvallis. Paul Hochfeld,
phochfeld(@)msn.com.
Tuesday, July 14, 5 p.m., Mingus
Park, Coos Bay. Rick Staggenborg,
stagmd(@)hotmail.com.
Wednesday, July 15, 7 p.m., Cafe
Mundo, Newport. 541-265-9747.
Thursday, July 16, 6 p.m., Green
Salmon, Yachats. http/ www. thegreen-
salmon.com
Friday, July 17, 8:30 p.m., The Very
Little Theater!, Eugene. Charlotte Mal-
oney, charuhc(@)comcast.net.
Saturday, July 18, 7:30 p.m., SEIU
Local 49 Auditorium, 3536 SE 26th
Ave., Portland. Margaret Butler, mar-
garet(@)jwjpdx.org.
Sunday, July 19, 2:30 p.m., McMin-
nville.http://annefeeney.com/specialeve
nts.html.
Monday, July 20, 8 p.m., Astoria,
(to be announced).
For more information, go to
www.annefeeney.com.
Bennett Hartman
Morris & Kaplan, llp
Approximately 75 union members and leaders protested outside the downtown Portland office of Democratic U.S. Sen.
Ron Wyden June 24 demanding that he back off his plan to tax workers’ health insurance benefits and that he support
a single payer health care system in the United States. Coordinated by Jobs with Justice, protestors also displayed a
giant check totaling $395,000 to illustrate campaign contributions Wyden has received from the medical, pharmacy
and insurance industries since 2005. Wyden has introduced a reform bill in the Senate that doesn’t even include a
public health care option to compete against private insurers. A Wyden spokesperson told Oregon Public Broadcasting
that it’s too early to say what is workable in reforming the health care system, but that Wyden is open to discussion.
Recent polls suggest that a majority of the American people believe the best solution to the health care crisis is to get
the insurance companies out of the way by creating a single payer system. (Photo courtesy of Alaina Kauffman.)
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Putting pressure on Wyden
NOLC to host Labor Day picnic
The Northwest Oregon Labor Council will once again sponsor a Labor
Day Picnic at Oaks Park in Southeast Portland. Labor Day is Monday,
Sept. 7.
The Labor Council will sell food scrip for 25 cents each. Three scrip will
get you a hot dog and chips, two scrip a soda pop, and six scrip a beer.
A deluxe ride bracelet costs $8.75 and is good from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The ride bracelet also includes admission to the roller skating rink.
Guest speakers are scheduled from 1 to 2 p.m.
To pre-order scrip, call the Labor Council at 503-235-9444.
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office. To order tickets, call Brian Pol-
lard at 503-553-5441 or go to bpol-
lard@pgepark.com.
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