On Monday morning of convention, UE delegates heard from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who praised UE for its history of standing up for the working class, and for “bringing people together from so many different walks of life, blue-collar workers, graduate students, understanding that we are all in this together.”
National Nurses United (NNU) Executive Director Puneet Maharaj addressed the convention on Tuesday morning, following the reading of the resolution “Medicare for All.” She commended UE for the union’s decades-long commitment to establishing a universal, Medicare for All-style single-payer healthcare system, saying, “We know we have to fight against the attacks that are before us, but we also have to create the future that we all deserve as the working class.”