UAW members rally for health care

UAW members from UAW Local 1981 and Local 1590 rally in Washington as part of a national day to bring awareness of the need for affordable health care.

Jo Freeman/UAW Local 1981

Members of the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, and active and retired members of UAW Local 1590 from the General Motors Service Parts Operation in Martinsburg, W.Va., joined in a a rally for health care for all on June 25 in the nation’s capital.

The UAW members were among more than 7,000 people from across the United States, most of them union members, who marched, rallied and lobbied for better health care for all Americans, including more than 45 million uninsured Americans, nine million of them children