Webinar: A Real Jobs Plan for America
The recently launched grassroots coalition Jobs for America Now and several of its participating organizations will sponsor a Jobs Policy Webinar from 3pm to 4pm Thursday, January 28.
If you think it’s a problem that 27 million in the U.S. are unemployed or underemployed, please join us on January 28.
Congress and the Obama Administration are working on job creation plans. What should they do? How can we build support for job creation that does not leave the poorest people behind? Register for the webinar and find out.
The Jobs for America Now coalition includes more than fifty major national organizations, including Working America and the AFL-CIO.
The Jobs for America Now coalition recommends a five-point plan to create jobs and stem the unemployment crisis. The plan calls for the nation to:
- Provide relief through continued and expanded unemployment benefits, COBRA and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program);
- Extend substantial fiscal relief to state and local governments;
- Create jobs that put people to work helping communities meet pressing needs, including in distressed communities that face severe unemployment;
- Invest in infrastructure improvements in schools, transportation and energy efficiency, thus providing jobs in the short run and productivity enhancements in the longer run; and
- Spur private-sector job growth through innovative incentives and providing credit to small and medium-sized businesses.
Leaders of several Jobs for America Now coalition partners will be the webinar’s featured speakers.
- Larry Mishel, President, Economic Policy Institute
- Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change
- Alan Charney, Campaign Director, Jobs for America Now
- Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
You can register here to participate by computer and phone.
Tags: Jobs, unemployment
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