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House Introduces Public Jobs Bill

House Introduces Public Jobs BillAfter more than a year since the launch of the IAM’s JOBS Now! campaign, legislation to quickly reverse high unemployment by hiring the unemployed to work in the public sector has finally been introduced.

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Union of Unemployed Warns of Endless Recession

IAM Launches U-CubedIn the absence of economic policies that generate 450,000 jobs per month for at least 60 months, the U.S. will remain mired in a recession that will linger for years if not decades. To give the economy the traction it needs, Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) is calling for the immediate establishment of a public job-creation program far larger than anything proposed thus far.

“America needs 100,000 jobs per month, right now, just to match the growth in the labor markets and another 350,000 new jobs each month for five years before we can hope to return to full employment levels,” said Rick Sloan, acting executive director of Ur Union of Unemployed. “We need solutions on the scale of the problem we are trying to solve.”

Ur Union of Unemployed is calling for a massive public job-creation program similar to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA), which employed millions of out-of-work Americans in every state during the Great Depression.

Ur Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, is a community service project of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) designed to assist the millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans, and to provide them with a structure that allows them to take advantage of their growing numbers. For more information, visit Ur Union of Unemployed.
 

2010 Labor Notes Conference
April 23-25 in Detroit, Michigan

2010 Labor Notes Conference The biennial Labor Notes 2010 conference is being held April 23-25 near Detroit, Michigan.

More than 1,000 rank-and-file trade unionists, local officers, and labor activists are gearing up for the Labor Notes Conference on April 23-25 to strategize and learn new tactics. The theme--"Organizing a Rank-and-File Recovery"--is also the challenge labor movement activists will be taking on at the event, as they take stock of the economic collapse and strategize a way forward.

The Labor Notes conference features more than 100 workshops and meetings over the course of the three-day event. Workshops include: how to mobilize apathetic members, how to initiate grievance campaigns, how to build a contract campaign, how to create flyers and newsletters, how to bargain effectively and more.

The conference will tackle bigger issues facing the labor movement. Meetings are being organized on climate change, health care and green jobs.Let your members know about the Labor Notes conference:

You can print out brochures from the website here .

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‘I Am Not Your ATM’

‘I Am Not Your ATM’Working people have plenty to be angry with Wall Street about. A $700 billion bailout. Toxic assets and loan guarantees to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. A financial crisis and credit crunch. Billions of dollars in six- and seven-figure bonuses to the Wall Street executives who got us into this mess.

Unemployment reaching 10 percent. A mortgage crisis extending far beyond subprime loans. Abusive credit and debit card fees. More than five job-seekers for every one job.
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Union Plus will match Haiti relief donations; Levins Morales poster to benefit relief effort

Union Plus will match Haiti relief donations; Levins Morales poster to benefit relief effortMaximize the power of your contribution by visiting UnionPlus.org/Haiti and Union Plus will automatically double each contribution to the Solidarity Center. That means $10 becomes $20, $25 becomes $50 and $100 becomes $200. 

“Despite the millions of dollars raised already, the people of Haiti continue to have an ongoing need for our help. That’s why we are committing $100,000 to double the donations made by union members to the Solidarity Center,” Union Plus President Leslie Tolf said.

Ricardo Levins Morales has created an original new art print poster to benefit the Haiti relief effort. A portion of the sales proceeds from your purchase will go to Partners In Health, which has a significant presence in Haiti and is a big part of the ongoing relief effort. Buy the print here.
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