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Ur Union of Unemployed reacted strongly to the Republican response to the State of the Union address, calling the GOP position “worst than vacuous” on the jobs issue. “Governor Bob McDonnell (R-VA) could have laid out a jobs program equal to the depths of this Grave Recession. Instead, he offered empty promises, anemic programs and
Read moreThe IAM stepped up to the ‘Humanitarian Plate’ this week with a $50,000 donation to Canada’s Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund (CERF). For every dollar donated to the CERF, the government of Canada will donate an equal amount, bringing the combined donation to $100,000. “We’ve answered the call by our federal government to dig deep and
Read moreUr Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, the online community for America’s unemployed, has a new short video on its site titled, “FDR: Try Something.” http://www.unionofunemployed.com/blog/recent-news/fdr-try-something. It shares some of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wisdom during the depths of the Great Depression, much of which holds true in today’s Grave Recession. “It is common sense to take
Read moreFront row, left to right: Local 839 President Kathy Peterson, 1st Shift In-plant Rep David Eagle, District 70 DBR Steve Rooney, BR Becky Ledbetter. Middle row: 2nd shift In-plant Rep Howard Johnson, Headquarters GVP Rich Michalski, IP Tom Buffenbarger, Local 839 Communicator Dennis Williams. Back Row: IAM General Counsel Christopher Corson, Grand Lodge Representative
Read moreUr Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, launched 11 days ago. And not a moment too soon. In the Massachusetts Senate race last Tuesday, Scott Brown won the unemployed vote by five points and the union vote by three percent. He won blue-collar males by 27 percent and he won blue-collar females by 13 percent. His victory was propelled,
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