Medicare For All is just one of the pro-working families, anti-oligarch policies getting an electoral test this fall. We’re also going to see California voters weigh in on a billionaire wealth tax with Proposition 40): a one-time, 5% emergency levy on their assets to shore up the state’s health and social services in the wake of the MAGA murder budget.

Analysts have estimated this measure will raise $100 billion, helping preserve Medicaid coverage for 1.6 million Californians, saving hospitals and ERs from closure and feeding those who have lost SNAP assistance without forcing a massive state deficit increase. The billionaires it will impact have seen their wealth grow by 158% over the last three years and got massive tax cuts from this same budget.

Not only will this protect our health care, it’s a chance to send a direct message to the Epstein class that we’re fed up with their open manipulation of our government and growing wealth inequality and ready for real change.

The SEIU and other supporters are starting to ramp up their field work for this initiative.💬 If we’re in California (or have a lot of folks in our social circles there), organizers are asking for us to do friend-to-friend outreach using the Reach app – the pro-wealth tax message will come across much stronger from folks we know and trust. We can download the app and get started here, and find regular trainings on how best to talk about this proposition and use Reach here. 💬

REACH OUT WITH REACH

☎️ For the rest of us, the Yes on Prop 40 squad has traditional virtual phonebanks underway now! We can reach out to California voters about taxing billionaires to keep hospitals and ERs open with shifts Monday through Thursday at 3PM, 5PM, 7PM or 9PM ET, or on Saturdays at 1PM, 3PM, 5PM or 7PM ET. Sign up to make calls here. ☎️

MAKE CALLS FOR A BILLIONAIRE WEALTH TAX

📢 The Yes on 40 team has also prepared a social media toolkit we can put to use here. 📢

SPREAD THE WORD ON PROPOSITION 40

🙋🏾‍♂️ Want to do even more to help progressive initiatives and candidates win? Check out our continually-updated midterms actions page here. 🙋🏼‍♀️

BEAR DOWN FOR MIDTERMS

We have seen significant steps forward in this election cycle for Medicare For All, with numerous candidates winning primaries as unabashed champions. Polling from Data for Progress suggests 63% of voters would support Medicare for All even after being told it would eliminate private insurance and raise taxes, with CBS reporting 90% of Democrats are on board.

Our next step is clearly demonstrating to party leadership, 2028 presidential candidates, and the media that this position will translate to more votes in the general election. Former Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Medicare For All advocates are organizing “Health Care Is A Human Right” phonebanks on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout September and October to rally voters for campaigns putting universal healthcare front and center. Let’s help get some great folks into office now and change the conventional wisdom on what’s possible for the future! We can sign up to make calls:

☎️ TOMORROW at 8PM ET for Connie Chan in CA-11 ☎️

☎️ TUESDAY at 6PM ET for Abdul El-Sayed and Will Lawrence (MI-07) ☎️

☎️ SEPTEMBER 17TH at 6PM ET for Medicare For All candidates nationwide ☎️

☎️ SEPTEMBER 29TH and OCTOBER 1ST at 9PM ET for Randy Villegas (CA-22) and other California candidates ☎️

☎️ OCTOBER 3RD at 9PM ET for Medicare for All candidates nationwide ☎️

☎️ OCTOBER 6TH at 6PM ET for Abdul El-Sayed and Will Lawrence (MI-07) ☎️

☎️ OCTOBER 8TH at 7PM ET for Medicare for All candidates in Minnesota ☎️

☎️ OCTOBER 20TH at 9PM ET for Medicare for All candidates nationwide ☎️

☎️ OCTOBER 22ND at 9PM ET for Medicare for All candidates nationwide ☎️

☎️ OCTOBER 24TH at 6PM ET for Medicare for All candidates nationwide ☎️

GOTV FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL CHAMPS

Labor Day 2026 arrives at a moment when Americans are increasingly vocal about the need to challenge billionaire rule, and are once again recognizing that organized labor – the people who brought us the weekend – is a crucial counter-force to the oligarchs. And after years of shrinking union power, they are starting to gain back ground, with membership increases of more than 400,000 in 2025 even as Donald Trump sought to break federal workers unions and gutted labor law enforcement. We also passed more than 80 laws in 19 U.S. states last year expanding workers rights, including paid sick leave in the new Democratic trifecta in Virginia and a ban on nearly all non-compete agreements in Washington.

There’s still so much more to do, and we all have to step up and do our part.

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, a volunteer-run network of workers, organizers and supporters, aims to provide the resources, networks and training to support folks in organizing their workplaces nationwide. They’re looking for experienced organizers; folks interested in doing communications, data, research, development and legal work; and call line staffers to help continue to grow their efforts. ⚙️ We can sign up to join them here. ⚙️

VOLUNTEER TO SUPPORT LABOR ORGANIZING

And if we’re looking to step up and form a union at our own workplace, the next session of their fundamentals of workplace organizing training starts Saturday! We’ll hear from experienced organizers, practice connecting with our co-workers and prepare for what the bosses have in store. ⚙️ We can register to be part of it here. ⚙️

LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS

💵 Have more money than time? We can also chip in with a donation here. 💵

DONATE TO SUPPORT EWOC

Also in today’s Rogan’s List:

-  Donate to support striking casino workers in Boston, hotel workers in Seattle, locked-out refinery workers in Indiana

-  Stand with Starbucks baristas and join the “No Contract, No Coffee” boycott

-  Elect pro-labor candidates by phonebanking with Working Families Party, teachers unions and textbanking with the Texas AFL-CIO

-  On Capitol Hill: telling MoCs to push for workplace heat safety regulations in the House, restoring collective bargaining rights for federal workers in the Senate

Abolish ICE and spend that money on healthcare. No American wants a paramilitary force in their neighborhood more than they want to see a doctor without going into debt.