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No Strings, No Cuts: #ExtendUI Now!

Today, starting at 11 a.m. ET, we’re joining with Working America , NELP , MomsRising HERvotes , USAction and a slew of other organizations and bloggers to launch an #ExtendUI tweet-a-thon.

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HERvotes Turns Focus to Top Issues for Women in 2012: Health Care and Economy

Listen to the conventional wisdom, and you’ll hear that women have fared better than men in the recent recession. In reality, women are not only shouldering the burden of being the sole breadwinner in more families than ever before, they also account for the majority of public-sector layoffs. Single mothers and women in communities of color continue to suffer rising unemployment of more than 12 percent.

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Prayer Vigil Calls on Congress to Extend Unemployment Insurance Now

Holding white carnations high above their heads to symbolize the nation’s millions of jobless workers—including the 6 million facing the loss of their unemployment insurance (UI)  benefits Dec. 31—more than 2,000 union, faith and community activists committed their faith and action to demand Congress act now to extend the emergency lifeline for the jobless.

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Join Day of Action and Prayer to Extend UI Now

Tomorrow in a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill and at actions at dozens of congressional offices around the nation, workers, activists and people of faith will demand Congress act now to extend long-term unemployment insurance (UI) benefits that expires Dec. 31. As many as 6 million people could lose their benefits next year if Congress does not act.

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Unemployed Workers Deliver 75,000 Petitions to Capitol Hill, Demand Action on Jobs

Unemployed Workers Deliver 75,000 Petitions to Capitol Hill, Demand Action on Jobs

Some 200 unemployed workers converged on Capitol Hill yesterday to demand that Congress act immediately to extend unemployment insurance (UI) to those whose benefits are due to expire, but who remain unemployed in what has been termed a “jobless recovery.” Unless Congress reauthorizes the federal UI program before Dec. 31, millions of Americans will find themselves with no income at all.

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Tell Congress: Extend UI Lifeline for 6 Million Now

If Congress doesn’t act to ensure 6 million longtime jobless workers don’t lose unemployment insurance (UI) next year, 2 million people desperately seeking work will lose the lifeline that’s helping them and their families get by on Jan. 1.  Another 4 million will run out of help week by week next year.

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Sign the petition to raise the minimum wage

It’s been four years since low-wage workers got a raise. Sign the petition to tell Congress it’s time to raise the minimum wage.

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