Oct. 20, 2010 nline at www.uawlocal2250.com
Reminder: Union Meeting is today. Meetings will be 1 pm, 3 pm and 15 minutes after the longest first shift line time. There will be 5 UAW endorsed guest speakers/candidates to speak prior to the last (5:30 PM?) Union meeting. They include: Ed Schieffer, State Rep D-11(Lincoln County), Kenny Biermann, State Rep D-17(N. St. Charles County), Matt Simmons, candidate for State Rep D-19 (O'Fallon & St. Peters), Paul Woody, candidate for State Rep D-15 (E. St.Charles), and Dr. Gary McKiddy, candidate for State Rep D-18 (S.E. St Charles). These are the candidates that will support you and working families in Missouri. Come out and meet them.
From the International Union UAW: One million workers a month will lose their unemployment benefits at the end of November unless Congress acts to continue the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. Once the Nov. 2 election is over, representatives and senators will return to Washington. But this is anything but a lame duck session for those who rely on unemployment to buy food, cover mortgages and rent, pay utilities and other essentials: It’s about survival. Active and retired members should call their congressional representatives and demand that the unemployed receive the same lavish attention that lobbyists for Wall Street and the insurance and oil industries are afforded. Since the initial federal UI program expired on Dec. 31, 2010, Congress has voted to extend it several times. Each time, Republicans in the Senate have used the filibuster to prevent a vote. In June, the program lapsed for seven weeks due to Republican obstruction and was finally reinstated in July, with only 31 Republican votes in the House and two in the Senate. Unemployment benefits kept 3.3 million Americans from falling into poverty in 2009 alone. And UI benefit payments provide a much-needed boost to the economy.
Call your congressional representatives as soon as they return in November and tell them to extend the federal UI program through 2011. The U.S. Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
And when you go to the polls on Nov. 2, remember to vote for elected officials who support working families and who support the federal UI program.
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