Justice for the Unemployed - MyOC Groups

Pretty depressing if this continues. Compare Obama's suggested budget for this training vs. the Ryan budget cuts. How many jobless could be trained for new work with each and every $150,000 tax cut for wealthy individuals? (Answer: 25 or more)

Mark your calendars! Oct 29, RobinHood Global March.

For any American journalists still under some delusion or confusion of thinking that the protesters on Wall Street "don't know what they are protesting," the Brits seem to be a bit quicker on the uptake about why this is happening.

13 days and counting, hundreds now occupying Liberty Park will soon be joined by NYC Transit Union members this Friday at 4PM.

For those who are sick of petitions that go nowhere, this is really the only petition that matters. The official White House petition site has a quota of 5000 signatures before any official response. Right now there are only 102 signatures as of 9/24/11. I think we have more than 102 99ers in need of acknowledgment from the President right now, don't you?

Whether you agree with the sentiment about Obama or not in this blog entry, you can't really dispute the facts about the 99ers that Bud Myers lays out here. And actually, I tend to consider the 14 million figure far too conservative in that it doesn't count those still severely underemployed and doesn't even count the family members affected by each and every unemployed person.

Van Jones announces the 10 building blocks for the American Dream movement's plan to restore the economy. This list was compiled from thousands of ideas submitted and voted upon at over a thousand house meetings and online discussion groups last month, culled down to the most supported by those participating. These ideas are set in contrast to the basic tenets of the Tea Party; they are life affirming rather than life-destroying, based on growth, not on contraction. The Tea Party represents a minority; the ideas of the Rebuild the Dream movement represent the views of the majority of Americans.

Current results of the BLS now including those unemployed up to 5 years shows an interesting increases across the board in the average number of weeks unemployed (as expected!). Look at your categories - my old job falls in the top two by occupation and industry...how about yours?

Here's one to bookmark if you want to save cell phone minutes for future calls to Congress: Just hook up a microphone and call Congress for free! Rebuild the Dream has teamed up with the IT guys at MoveOn to make this handy-dandy tool you can use to call Congress from your computer, not just email, an actual phonecall. Look for more interactive tools like this to make the best use of the internet in upcoming political battles.

"White House officials confirmed that there would not be an extension of unemployment benefits as part of the final package. The administration had insisted that an extension be part of the grand bargain it was negotiating with Boehner. But when those discussions fell apart, so too did efforts to ensure that unemployment insurance was part of a final package. A senior administration aide added that the president would push for an extension in the months, if not weeks, ahead."

"In theory, Obama, Reid, and their allies could try to restore unemployment insurance and payroll tax relief in the final negotiations, perhaps in exchange for some other concession. Or they could always start championing these ideas once the a debt ceiling deal, whatever its form, finally becomes law. Not only would that be good politics. It'd be good policy, too."

More info on H.R.2501, the Fair Employment Opportunity Act.