The economic picture for state and local governments could worsen in coming months, teachers across the country are being handed their pink slips working families are struggling and all experts agree that unemployment rates will not dramatically decrease anytime soon. Meanwhile, legislation providing needed assistance is languishing in Congress.
ASK SENATORS TO VOTE FOR THE AMERICAN JOBS AND CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES ACT IN ORDER TO:
- EXTEND UI/COBRA BENEFITS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
- EXTEND STATE FISCAL RELIEF (FMAP) FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
- FUND THE TANF EMERGENCY FUND THROUGH FY 2011.
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Contact: Germonique R. Ulmer, 202.339.9331; gulmer@communitychange.org
Jobs for America Now Brings Unemployed Workers to Capitol Hill to Demand Restoration of Critical Unemployment Benefits, Pass Tax Extenders Bill
Who: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Alan Charney, campaign manager, Jobs for America Now Campaign, and unemployed workers.
What: Press conference on the future of our nation’s job security and vital unemployment benefits
When: TODAY!! Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. EST
Where: U.S. Capitol Room S-115
Despite the fact that the economic picture for state and local governments could worsen in coming months and that teachers across the country are being handed their pink slips, and in spite of continued job growth, all experts agree that unemployment rates will not dramatically decrease anytime soon, legislation providing needed assistance is languishing in Congress.
ASK HOUSE MEMBERS TO VOTE FOR HR 4213 IN ORDER TO:
- EXTEND UI/COBRA BENEFITS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
- EXTEND STATE FISCAL RELIEF (FMAP) FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
- FUND THE TANF EMERGENCY FUND THROUGH FY 2011.
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Contact: Germonique Ulmer, 202-339-9331
Washington—As today marks the deadline for Americans to file their income tax returns, the nation’s largest jobs coalition called for new policies that crack down on Wall Street and for responsible investments that create jobs and put America back to work. read more
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Contact: Germonique R. Ulmer 202-339-9331
Washington, D.C. — Jobs for America Now, the nation’s largest jobs coalition, today commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration, a $10 billion federal program that placed millions of people in hundreds of thousands of jobs from 1935 into the early 1940s.
Across the country, local organizers are holding events marking the anniversary and calling upon Congress to pass legislation by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., that would put one million people to work almost immediately, doing essential jobs in local communities across America. Miller’s Local Jobs for America Act, which already has gathered more than 100 cosponsors, is pending in committee. read more
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Contact: Germonique R. Ulmer 202-339-9331
Washington, D.C. – Jobs for America Now, the nation’s largest jobs coalition, today endorsed legislation by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor, that would help put America back to work. Alan Charney, campaign manager of Jobs for America Now, issued the following statement: read more
Hundreds of unemployed workers participate in community forums and march for jobs for America now
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 01, 2010
Contact: Germonique R. Ulmer: 202-339-9331
Washington–As Congress continues the process of taking up a jobs bill hundreds of members of the Jobs for America Now coalition kick off a national week of action today to build broad-base public support for a robust plan to put people back to work. With record unemployment rates and double digit numbers in communities of color, current proposals coming from Washington lack the boldness needed to adequately address the job crisis.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 5, 2010
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BUDGET IS A GOOD START FOR STATE RELIEF, NEEDY FAMILIES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAX CREDITS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Feb. 1, 2010
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