Good news on unemployment benefits!
Thanks! Thousands of you responded powerfully to our demand that Brian Moynihan, Bank of America CEO, start publicly demanding unemployment benefits extensions.
The petition--and the comments--are here:
Brian Moynihan, what are you doing about unemployment benefits?!
Here are just a few of the comments:
Robert Stover: "I'm a just laid off Furniture Salesman. I'm 65.Things look pretty bleak here in High Point N.C.If I can't find something I guess I'll have to draw unemployment for the first time."
Olivia Booth: "I am out of work for many months and I am waiting for the Senate to pass the extension. If it doesn't, I will have to go on welfare. Shame on anybody who has done this to the good working people of America!"
John Martinez: "My unemployment is running out and I need help. We helped your bank with our tax money. Now, Pony up!"
Kurt Steinberg: "I am one of the 99ers who has lost his unemployment benefits. I am now living in a homeless shelter in Memphis, TN. Thanks for nothing Republicans. You speak as people who've never been homeless speak."
Jennifer Perughini: "There are many more of us who are unemployed but not counted. We slip through the cracks. Please consider the small assistance that unemployment checks provide for families."
So the good news: the Senate will vote Tuesday on the emergency extension of unemployment benefits!
The bill should pass at this point, but all pressure is important. Moynihan met with Obama (and Bill Clinton) yesterday, and hasn't told anyone what he said--I hope that someone at BofA told him that there are thousands of angry people who are holding him responsible. Moynihan is still publicly silent on unemployment. We have written five of their executives, including three PR people, on behalf of the thousands of people who have signed our petition, and gotten no response.
We know in the long term we need to break up these too big to fail, too arrogant, too irresponsible, too powerful banks--and in the short term, we need to get under their skin so they start using their power to help the people who this terrible economy has hurt.
After this bill passes, we'd like start advocating for the "99ers"--people who have been unemployed for over 99 weeks, looking for work, and are ineligible for benefits. The louder we are now, prior to the vote next week, the better we'll be placed to fight for the 99ers.
If you haven't already, please add your voice here:
Brian Moynihan, what are you doing about unemployment benefits?!
Thanks! Break up the banks!
- Tiffiniy, Donny, Zephyr
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