Jobless Workers Speak Out In New Video

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

“Without the unemployment, I probably wouldn’t have a home….We’re waiting for our home to be taken….All I see in my future is living in my car…We can get by on very little, but we can’t by on nothing...We just have to say a prayer, because I have no idea if the benefits are not extended.” It takes just three minutes to slam the door shut on any argument behind congressional Republicans’ cruel refusal to maintain unemployment insurance benefits for jobless workers when we have an unemployment rate near 10 percent and five unemployed workers vie for every job opening. Three minutes is how long it takes for jobless workers to tell their stories and urge you to help in a powerful new video. Please watch it and share it with everyone you know—e-mail or Tweet the link and put it on your Facebook page.
- by Mike Hall, AFL-CIO Now blog; click here for complete report