Call Politicians To Demand Extension Of Unemployment Benefits

From WI Jobs Now, http://wisconsinjobsnow.org/

Janis Lortz is from Green Bay. Her husband is about to lose his emergency unemployment benefits. She works, but between her salary and his benefits it’s barely enough to scrape together the money they need to pay their mortgage and put food on their table. If Congress doesn’t act to extend these life-saving benefits by Dec. 31, Janis says they’ll have to sell their home.

See What Janis and Others Did to Fight Back!

The problem is that the Republican members of the US House voted against a bill that would have extended these benefits for 2 months, even though the majority of their Republican friends in the Senate voted to support it. After killing the bill, the House disbanded for the year and all the members skipped town. We wish that GOP Representatives from Wisconsin had voted to help working families, but they just followed the pack.

Click to See a Video of Janis Going to Her Representative’s Office Yesterday

Nothing is written in stone. The 1.8 million families that will lose their unemployment insurance in January are counting on the support of all of us to make sure they’re not left out in the cold. That’s why were asking everyone to call the Republican Congressmen of Wisconsin to demand that they change direction, vote to agree with their Senate colleagues, and extend unemployment insurance before Dec. 31.

To quote Christine Owens of the National Employment Law Project:

“To rob the unemployed and their families of their essential lifeline just as the New Year begins, especially when a clear alternate path is available, is more than callous – it is unconscionable.”

They think we’ll let it slide just because of the holidays. Let’s show them that they’ve only underestimated us again.

Wisconsin Jobs Now

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