Friday,  November 22, 2002
 

Action Alert: Jobless Workers
Need OUR Help
Christmas is more than a month away, but the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge stalks the halls of Congress. Without House action, more than 830,000 jobless workers will lose unemployment compensation benefits December 28. Without House action, an additional 90,000 jobless workers will lose their benefits each week.

You can help change this heartless indifference to working families. Contact your congressional representative and urge them to pass the bipartisan Senate proposal to extend these crucial benefits until these displaced workers can find jobs. (Click here to send an email message to your members of Congress or follow the action alert link at www.goiam.org).

Every worker with a sense of what’s right should be outraged at the House leadership’s callous choice to head home for the holidays while destroying the holiday season for desperate workers. President George W. Bush, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Majority Leader Dick Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay put tax relief for Big Business and the wealthy on the fast track to House passage.

Why can’t they show the same compassion for jobless Americans and for their families?

Tell them to work a little longer before starting their holiday vacation. Urge them to show a measure of decency and compassion for these workers. Tell them to pass the Senate-passed bill and extend the lifeline of emergency jobless benefits to these citizens in their time of need.

Please do it now. Make your voices heard. We can make a difference. After sending a message to your member of Congress, follow up with a phone call his or her office and to House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The Capitol Office switchboard number is
202-224-3121.