April 25 - Sicko! at the AFL-CIO
SiCKO! AT THE AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, N.W.
NOON - 2:15 p.m.
Friday, April 25
Join us for a special screening of Michael Moore’s Academy Award-nominated film that investigates the American health care system, focusing on its for-profit health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and the patients they fail. The film compares the U.S. system to the universal and non-profit systems of Canada, the UK, France, and Cuba. More than just a film, this documentary has become a stunningly effective organizing tool as health care advocates have used it to enrage, educate and mobilize activists across the country.
John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), author of H.R. 676, “The United States National Health Insurance Act,” or “Expanded & Improved Medicare for All,” has been invited to introduce the film; Donna Smith, who is featured in the film, will be there to comment. Plagued with health problems, she and her husband were forced to sell their home and move into the storage room of their daughter’s house because they couldn’t cope with health costs, despite being insured. Ms. Smith is now a Communication Specialist in the Chicago office of the California Nurses Association/National Nurse Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC).
Screening co-sponsored by: DC Labor Film Fest, AFL-CIO, California Nurses Association, Coalition of Labor Union Women, AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees, Office and Professional Employees International Union, and the United Steelworkers.
Admission is free and open to the public. Bring your lunch!
Please spread the word to others who may be interested.
Questions? Call 202/974-8153 or 202/638-0320, ext. 12