Union of Unemployed Warns of Double Dip Recession
July 12, 2011
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The specter of a double dip recession came roaring back to life with the news from the U.S. Labor Department that the nation’s unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent, with only 18,000 jobs added in June.
“This is beyond embarrassing,” said Union of Unemployed Executive Director Rick Sloan. “When a Democratic administration cannot add more than 18,000 jobs a month a year after its much ballyhooed “Summer of Recovery,” it is time for a complete cabinet shakeup. It is long past time for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to leave. Now it is time for an all-of-government focus on job creation.
“Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should form the core of a JOBS NOW cabinet-level working group. Their real-life experiences can replace the misguided academic approach taken to date,” said Sloan. “And their departments have both the resources and talent to fashion an effective jobs program, one worthy of the job creation legacy left by Roosevelt, Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton.”
