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You lost your job.  You're not alone.  31 million Americans face the same challenges.  You want your job back.  You want your life back.  But you can't do it alone.  Neither can anyone else.  You all need each other. 

 

JOBS Now!

Over 31 million Americans need our help! Idled by this Grave Recession, the unemployed, involuntary part-time workers and discouraged job hunters have run out of options. They need JOBS Now!

No Work, But Hope

March 19, 2010 - On Capitol Hill this week the Congressional Black Caucus held a hearing called "Out of Work But Not Out of Hope."  The focus was on the unemployed.

Machinists Poll Confirms Excise Tax Opposition

IAM members delivered a bipartisan thumping to both political parties as well as the White House in an online survey of workers’ attitudes. But there can be no mistaking their strong opposition to key provisions of health care reform. 

UK Union Announces Strike Dates at British Airways

Flight Attendants in the United Kingdom announced today this week that they would be taking seven days of strike action at the end of the month if their contract dispute is not resolved before then.

Huffington Post Carries UCubed Message

Lower turnout in the midterm elections and persistently high unemployment will create an explosive mix this November. That’s according to a recently published article by UCubed Acting Executive Director Rick Sloan in the widely read Huffington Post.

Ohio Machinists Reject Union Busting Proposal

IAM members of Local 225 in Dayton, OH, went on strike March 7 after machinists, welders and assemblers unanimously rejected a new three-year contract offer from Chemineer, a Dayton-based maker of industrial mixing equipment. The company’s offer came three weeks after negotiations began when the company suddenly called a halt to the talks, leaving behind a grossly substandard contract proposal.