U-Cubed (Union for the Unemployed) bites back for Unemployed Americans, with a new YouTube video encouraging Americans to VOTE. Union for the Unemployed (U-Cubed) was launched this past spring and has over 3,000 listed members. It is free to join and membership is growing daily.
This June, in testimony submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, the Union of Unemployed urged representatives to examine a jobs program that was created by the unemployed themselves.
U-Cubed 21-step emergency action plan for reversing the U.S. jobs crisis
Their plan is called Hire US, America and is based on the fundamental principal that the only real solution to addressing the long-term unemployment issue is for the government to do what the private sector cannot: put millions of Americans back to work immediately.
"U-Cubed leaders and jobs activists participated in an online survey where they submitted, vetted and revised various policy suggestions for helping to address the long-term unemployment issue," said Rick Sloan. "Their insights deserve our respect and their ideas deserve our attention."
Rick Sloan is the Acting Executive Director of U-Cubed, Union of Unemployed, and has been the IAM Communications Director since 2000. Before joining the Machinists Union, he ran Challenge America, Inc., a union-focused public affairs firm, for fifteen years.
Sloan has served as the Administrative Assistant to Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI) and the late Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum (D-OH). His book, The Gift of Strategy, and his blogs on Huffington Post have prodded Democrats to fight harder for blue collar worker and the unemployed.
Tell your personal story: U-Cubed is also giving members an opportunity to share their stories about what it’s like trying to get by in the midst of the toughest economic recession in more than 70 years. Members can share their stories http://www.unionofunemployed.com/tell-your-story/
You can join U-Cubed free here http://www.unionofunemployed.com/
Follow them on Twitter: http://twitter.com/U_Cubed
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ucubed
No comments:
Post a Comment