AFL-CIO America's Union Movement

Dear Friends, You need to watch this video. It made us furious, and it made us cry. It’s a powerful reminder of the real faces behind unemployment statistics. It’s about three minutes and it’s worth every second—so I hope you’ll turn up your speakers and watch the whole thing.  Share this on Facebook    Share this on Twitter The same senators who are fighting to charge $700 billion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires to our national credit card say extending unemployment is “too expensive” and “must be paid for.” Meanwhile, more than one person a second is losing his or her lifeline. If this video doesn’t fuel your outrage and give you a sense of the human cost of delay on emergency unemployment, nothing will.  Please watch and send a strong message to your members of Congress. Tell them to restore unemployment insurance benefits for jobless workers who are being cut off right now at the rate of more than one a second. Then, share this video with your friends and ask them to take action, too. Let’s fix this outrage. Sincerely, Manny Herrmann Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIO P.S. The online day of solidarity with jobless workers is coming Tuesday. Get ready to change your Facebook status and photo and to Tweet the word out. Thanks.