Join the Alachua County Labor Party today!

Membership in the Labor Party is $20/year — free for striking or locked out workers. Currently, membership in the Labor Party does not affect your voter registration. All members receive our monthly newsletter.

The easiest way to join is through our secure online donation site.

If you prefer to send a check, please make it payable to “Labor Party” and mail to:

Alachua County Labor Party
PO Box 12051
Gainesville, FL 32604

Joining the Committee of 100

The Committee of 100 is a group of people who have pledged $20 a month to fund a full-time Alachua County Labor Party staffer (or 2 half-time organizers) to coordinate the Labor Party and our Just Health Care campaign.

You can also join the Committee of 100 via our secure donation site.

Why is a full-time organizer so important?
In 2000, we sponsored a non-binding referendum asking Alachua County voters if they would support a system like Just Health Care. It won overwhelming support, receiving more votes than either Bush or Gore. In follow-up meetings, we determined that having a paid organizer was the key to that highly successful campaign. And keeping a paid organizer is critical for our continued success.

The struggle for Just Health Care is now being fought at the local, state, and national levels. While we coordinate volunteers and events at the local level, we are also working around the state and country as we continue to build the coalition of groups fighting for single payer health care.

It’s working!
The contributions of the current Committee of 100 have allowed us to have at least one part-time organizer since 2004 — an extraordinary accomplishment for a local group like ours. Since 2004 Mark Piotrowski, Ann Murray, Larry Thompson, Jenny Brown, Brooke Eliazar-Macke and now Kimberly Hunter have served as our part-time organizers. Joining the Committee of 100 will allow us to expand Kimberly’s hours to full time or bring on another part-time organizer!

Our Current Committee of 100 list is at 84 monthly pledges, so we only have 16 more to go!

Tom Almquist & Nicole Hardin

Kirk Anthony

Arlene Bargad

LuJoye Barnes

Bill Batlle

Scott Billings

Kali Blount

Joey Brenner

Jenny Brown

Caron Cadle

Bill Calhoun

Randi Cameon

Scott Camil & Sherry Steiner

Lynn Chacko

Candi Churchill

Ira Clark

Amy Coenen

Chris Cogle

Andrea Costello

Joe Courter

Arthur & Mary Crummer

Sally & Josh Dickinson

Shawna Doran

Rebecca Elgie

Marilyn Eisenberg

Pennie Foster (in memoriam)

Adele Franson

Jason Fults

Carol Giardina

Bill Gilbert

Danny Gimenez

Alice Goldman

Norma Green

Green Party

Gaby Gross

Dan Harmeling

Dave Hennig

Jane & Norm Holland

Chad Hood

Robert Ing

Beth & Kurt Kent

Lavery, Linda

Alex Leader

Harriet Ludwig

Rosemary Lynch & Norman Balabanian

Murdo MacLeod

Eve MacMaster

Richard MacMaster

Jeff/Geoff Mason

Kathleen Maynard

Martin Glen McClure

Chris Medved

Albert Meyer

Pam Moorman

Jim Morrison & Betty Odum

Ann Murray

Jon F. Nutting

Jack Penrod (in memoriam)

Eric Piotrowski

Mark Piotrowski

Nina Postlethwaite

Stephanie Ridgeway

Jean Rigg

Fe Ripka

Clint Robinson

Howard Rosenfeld

Eileen Roy

Kathie Sarachild

Zoharah Simmons

Herbet Spencer

Bill Stephenson & Michelle Gould

Timothy Strauser

Zot Szurgot & Audrey Holt

Rich Templin

Carol Thomas

Genevie Trachsel (in memoriam)

Martin & Vibeke Vala

Veterans for Peace

Tom Ward

Bill & Sally Warrick

Kenneth Weeks

Jerry & Larissa Williamson

Paul Wojtalewicz

Steedly &  Patricia Young

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  • The Labor Party Program: A Call for Economic Justice

    national LP website >>
    • Amend the Constitution to Guarantee Everyone a Job at a Living Wage
    • Pay Laid-off Workers Two Months Severance for Every Year of Service
    • Restore Workers Rights to Organize, Bargain and Strike
    • End Bigotry: An Injury to One Is an Injury to All
    • Guarantee Universal Access to Quality Health Care
    • More Time for Family and Community
    • Protect Our Families
    • Ensure Everyone Access to Quality Public Education
    • Stop Corporate Abuse of Trade
    • End Corporate Welfare as We Know It
    • Make the Wealthy Pay their Fair Share of Taxes
    • Revitalize the Public Sector
    • End Corporate Domination of Elections
    • Build A Just Transition Movement to Protect Jobs and the Environment
    • Enforce Safety & Health Regulation with Worker Inspectors
    • Reclaiming the Workplace: Job Design, Technology and Skill