For years, powerful aerospace and engineering company Boeing has reaped massive profits while deprioritizing workers and safety measures. As a result, about 33,000 Boeing workers with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) are currently on strike for better pay, benefits, and safety protocols.

Shamefully, Boeing announced last week it was revoking company-sponsored health care coverage for these workers and their families, a common strike-breaking tactic used by greedy corporations like Boeing, General Motors, and others.

Companies should not be able to use working families’ health care coverage against them to undermine their fight for better pay and labor conditions.

As Medicare for All champion Senator Bernie Sanders pointed out, this is a prime example of why health care should NOT be tied to employment, and why the U.S. desperately needs a single-payer health care system under Medicare for All.

According to Common Dreams, “the striking Boeing workers said they plan to remain steadfast despite the cutoff of benefits.” But no worker should have to choose between fighting for their fair share and getting the medical coverage they need for themselves and their families.

As we keep up our movement to pass Medicare for All, take a moment to read and share this article detailing Boeing’s greedy move to revoke health care for 33,000 striking workers →

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Together, we stand in solidarity with these machinists on strike and will continue to fight for guaranteed health care for all in the United States, regardless of employment or ability to pay.

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All