Happy holiday weekend everyone! As we celebrate our independence this weekend, we should honor those who have died serving our country. Not only the soldiers overseas, but also the workers here at home who fought for many of the things we take for granted.
While working people in this country are facing some of the hardest times ever-layoffs, foreclosures, and homelessness, D.C. fails to help yet again. Millions of Americans are losing their benefits and the Senate once again has failed to pass an extension. Wall Street and big corporations have recovered already, but the people of this country haven't.
There is hope, however. We know there is power in numbers, and the numbers of the unemployed are growing everyday. Through projects like U-Cubed and The Unemployed Workers' Council, unemployed workers can share resources, network, and demand that our politicians start working for us.
U-Cubed is an online social networking tool for unemployed workers to build neighborhoods in their cities and help each other through this rough time. The Unemployed Workers' Council is working to organize the unemployed and anxiously employed so that we can share our resources, form a barter system, and demand government pass unemployment extensions and a jobs bill. By canvassing unemployment offices and protesting at our elected officials' offices, we are spreading the message that jobs need to be created now.
During the Great Depression, unemployed workers joined together as a support group, and today we want to implement the same kind of support. Together, these resources will bring the working poor together through these desperate times. There are plans for a march on Washington for jobs, so stay tuned for more updates!
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