Labor & Employment Law

Help Long-Term Jobless Workers Beat the Clock

By Tula Connell

Failure by the House yesterday to act on legislation that would maintain unemployment insurance (UI) for long-term jobless workers highlights how much work we need to do to get Congress to do the right thing.

If Congress does not act by Nov. 30 to maintain UI, 800,000 jobless workers will lose this crucial lifeline. By the end of the year, 2 million unemployed workers will lose UI if no bill is passed.

You can help. Take a minute to embed this Unemployment Benefits Countdown Clock on your website. The embed code is here. Next, spend a few seconds signing a petition to Congress to tell lawmakers to maintain UI.

Spread the word:

Via Facebook: http://bit.ly/absZdY

Via Twitter: RT @AFLCIO: Help Long-Term Jobless Workers Beat the Clock. Contact Congress now–

With five jobless workers for every ONE job opening, time is running out for Congress to ensure workers who have been without jobs for 26 weeks or more maintain their only source of survival.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on November 19, 2010 (boomark / email).