100,000 Petition Congress to Renew UI
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Workers today delivered petitions with 100,000 signatures to the Senate demanding that Congress extend unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to millions of long-term jobless workers.
In a telephone press conference this morning, Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), who received the petitions, said they expect the Senate to take up an extension of UI benefits, but they have not yet gotten a date from the leadership.
You can act now to help the nation’s 6.2 million jobless. Call 1-877-662-2889 and ask for your senator’s office and then tell the person who answers the phone:
Across America, unemployment is at record levels. Emergency benefits for workers who have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks are scheduled to expire Nov. 30. I urge you to renew them immediately!
Memo to Chamber: Get Out of the Way of Fair Pay
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Holy pay discrimination, Batman! Did you know that working women here in Gotham City and around the country lose $434,000 over a lifetime of work because of the gender pay gap? But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is fighting against fair pay for women?
With a boost from Batgirl (see video), our friends at I Am Progress and Moms Rising are telling the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: “Get out of the way of fair pay.” The corporate lobby group has been the loudest voice on Capitol Hill against stronger fair pay laws. You can join in the chorus for pay equity and tell the Chamber to get out of the way, click here.
Launched today, the campaign aims to build support for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act and knock down the Chamber’s bogus arguments against the fair pay legislation.
