Dear Democratic Activist: Ah yes the unemployed… the invisible… the forgotten. Republican conventional wisdom would have you believe that these unfortunate Americans are hopelessly bitter, alienated, filled with fear and afflicted with all the moral failings of Mitt Romney’s 47 percent. If these unemployed folks truly want to improve their situations, Romney told us, all [...]

A new Demos report finds that young workers are no better off than they were a year ago and are continuing to endure a jobs crisis even as the economy recovers. “For many young people the promises of finding a good job, starting a family, or making a better life for themselves are all on [...]

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Hundreds of labor activists staged a pre-rally for the unemployed at RFK Stadium ahead of the One Nation Working Together event at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday. “We believe the jobless are the swing vote in this election,” said organizer Rick Sloan, who is a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and creator of [...]

UCubed and a coalition of individual and group advocates for the “99ers” – folks who have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits – are combining their efforts to effect real change and provide much-needed relief for the long-term unemployed. The newly-formed coalition known as The American 99ers Union and its members will take part in a [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Yesterday, in Pennsylvania, the state’s 629,000 unemployed turned the screws. In what some thought might be a low turnout primary, over one million Democrats went to the polls, 375,000 more than expected. What happened? Congressman Joe Sestak ran a TV ad saying, “Arlen Specter switched parties to save one job – his, not yours.” Specter’s double [...]

An Address by Rick Sloan to the 2010 National Staff Conference International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Houston, Texas April 26, 2010 Thank you, President Buffenbarger for that generous introduction … and many thanks to the IAM Executive Council for its support of Ur Union of Unemployed or UCubed. To start off, I’d like [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., April 15, 2010 – More than 1,900 jobs activists in 48 states will take part in a novel deliberative process aimed at crafting a 16-point plan to reverse the U.S. jobs crisis. The activists are part of Ur Union of Unemployed. The Hire US, America plan focuses on creating jobs for the unemployed and easing their [...]