Unemployed? Join “UCubed”
February 27, 2010 at 3:52 PM Leave a comment
The Unemployed Now Have Their Own Union, and it’s Catching on Quickly. It’s called “UR Union of the Unemployed,” or “UCubed.”
UCubed is the brain-child of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), whose leaders feel that the millions of unemployed workers need a union of their own to join in the struggle for massive jobs programs.
The idea is that if millions of jobless join together and act as an organization, they are more likely to get Congress and the White House to provide the jobs that are urgently needed. They can also apply pressure for health insurance coverage, unemployment insurance and COBRA benefits and food stamps. An unemployed worker is virtually helpless if he or she has to act alone.
Great idea.
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