All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care, March 11, 2010 One state AFL-CIO is actively trying to build the social movement necessary to pass single payer legislation such as HR.676. The Maine AFL-CIO takes its lead from resolution 34 passed at the September National AFL-CIO convention. Recently, The Maine state AFL-CIO has developed a number of materials, including a power point presentation, leaflets, cost analysis, and other tools to reach out to local unions and rank and file members to help educate and arm them with the knowledge of the benefits of single payer health care and how it works. ... Maine