Mark your calendars. On November 2nd, the politicians who delayed, diminished and denied help for the jobless must face thousands if not millions, of very angry voters.
The politicians hope we’ve forgotten how they added insults to injury, how the harmed our families, how they stole our future. But we haven’t. We won’t. And here’s why:
I AM VOTING with a vengeance on November 2nd. And I hope you will be, too. It’s our one chance to Bite Back!
Please forward this email to your contact lists. Let’s let everyone know why we’re voting on November 2nd.
To celebrate our 3,000th activist – Kirsten Cavaliere of Round Rock, TX – we have new UCubed t-shirts for everyone. To order your FREE t-shirt, please click here.
Great work everyone. This is a memorable milestone in the growth of Ur Union of Unemployed. But let’s not rest on our laurels. Let’s keep inviting folks to join your cube.
And don’t forget to check your email on Labor Day. You will find an “I AM VOTING” email with a link to our new internet attack ad. Called Bite Back, the ad will scare the dickens out the politicians who voted against the jobless time and time again.
We need to make Bite Back go viral as quickly as possible. So please, plan to spend a few minutes on Labor Day forwarding the link to your entire contact list.
As a sign that the economic recovery continues to lose momentum, over and above last week’s disappointing revision downward of second-quarter GDP growth to just 1.6% (instead of 2.4%), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), using its Current Population Survey of non-farm jobs, just announced this morning that in August 2010 the U.S. economy again shed more jobs than expected. Specifically, “U.S. employers decreased (non-farm) payrolls by 54,000 jobs, with only 67,000 private-sector jobs added in the month versus an upwardly revised 107,000 gain in July. The unemployment rate moved up to 9.6% from 9.5% as weak hiring by private employers wasn’t enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people looking for work.” The BLS noted that there are now 14.9 million unemployed workers and since the Great Recession began (in December 2007) employment has decreased by 6.9 million. Read the rest of this entry »
Come be among friends and let your voice be heard!
Join IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger and workers from across the state in a rally to focus on jobs – also attending is Senator Murray who has been a champion for workers in this state – this is your chance to show her support.
JOIN US: Tuesday, Sept 7 – 9:30 am at Machinists 751 Seattle Hall – 9125 15th Pl. S.
It will last about 1 hour. Plan to be here between 9 and 9:15 to get parking.
The attached printable flyer has all the information you need including directions and map.
This Is Not a Recovery
By Paul Krugman, August 26, 2010, The New York Times
“What will Ben Bernanke, the Fed chairman, say in his big speech Friday in Jackson Hole, WY? Will he hint at new steps to boost the economy? Stay tuned.
“But we can safely predict what he and other officials will say about where we are right now: that the economy is continuing to recover, albeit more slowly than they would like. Unfortunately, that’s not true: this isn’t a recovery, in any sense that matters. And policy makers should be doing everything they can to change that fact. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington, D.C., August 26, 2010 – Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) today rejected House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R-OH) call for the mass resignation of the president’s economic team as too extreme, but urged Treasury Secretary Geithner to “do the honorable thing.”
“Geithner’s resignation, voluntary or involuntary, is inevitable,” said Rick Sloan, Acting Executive Director of Ur Union of Unemployed. “Rep. Boehner’s attempt to secure political advantage from the current economic crisis only delays his departure date.”
After obstructing jobless relief for more than a year, Boehner padded his call for mass resignations with a wet kiss for the Bush tax cuts, which would give the wealthiest Americans $3.7 trillion in tax breaks over the next decade. The Republican minority leader continues to remain silent on helping the jobless.
“Only one man’s resignation is required — that of the Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,” said Sloan. “His recent op-ed ‘Welcome to the Recovery’ is so out of touch with today’s economic reality that his credibility is shot. He should realize that his effectiveness has been compromised, and do the honorable thing.”
Protesters at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel on Tuesday included, from left, Paul Black, Ashley Avilar, Robert Martinez and Dylan Ward.
DALLAS — Mexican government and business officials came to Texas on an aviation industry recruiting trip Tuesday, only to be greeted by union workers protesting job losses.
About 30 union members and officials, mostly from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, picketed outside the downtown Dallas Sheraton, where the aviation conference was held.
American aviation, aerospace and defense companies have been sending work to Mexico since the 1980s, costing thousands of jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth, said Jody Jack, president of Machinists union Local 776B, which represents Lockheed Martin production workers in Fort Worth.
Still striving for MLK’s dream in the 21st century
By Martin Luther King III, Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Forty-seven years ago this weekend, on a sweltering August day often remembered simply as the March on Washington, my father delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. A memorial to him is being erected at the Tidal Basin, not far from where he shared his vision of a nation united in justice, equality and brotherhood.
This weekend Glenn Beck is to host a “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial. While it is commendable that this rally will honor the brave men and women of our armed forces, who serve our country with phenomenal dedication, it is clear from the timing and location that the rally’s organizers present this event as also honoring the ideals and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr.
In anticipation of Labor Day, Bishop William Murphy has lamented joblessness as a “pervasive” economic failure which deprives workers of a key source of self-support and fulfillment. He called for a new “social contract” to honor work, to provide more jobs, to strengthen families and to secure just wages for workers.
The Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, Murphy chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. The bishop issued the statement in his role as committee chair.
“Many millions are jobless or have a family member or friend who is among the fifteen million unemployed or the additional eleven million workers who only can find part time work,” Bishop Murphy commented. “Far too many have been unemployed for months, some even years. This is a pervasive failure of our economy today.” Read the rest of this entry »
Washington, D.C., August 20, 2010 – Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) today cited this week’s sharp rise in new unemployment claims as further proof that the nation can no longer afford the economic stewardship of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
“Another 500,000 Americans applied for unemployment last week,” said Rick Sloan, Acting Executive Director of Ur Union of Unemployed. “The pace of job losses is increasing, and Secretary Geithner doesn’t have a clue how to end this Grave Recession.”
In September of 2009, Geithner told ABC News’s Diane Sawyer: “A year from now, growth will be stronger. Unemployment will be lower. It will be easier to find a job. Incomes will be growing more rapidly. People will be able to be more confident in the value of their savings. They’ll be more likely to put their kids through college.” Read the rest of this entry »
