There for U (community service program designed to mobilize the unemployed and underemployed )

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.afscmeblog.org/2010/01/21/there-for-u/

January 21st, 2010

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), last week unveiled a new community service program designed to mobilize the unemployed and underemployed to better cope with the stress and pressure of being jobless in America.

Ur Union of Unemployed, or UCubed for short, is an online community, with small groups of unemployed activists in a single zip code forming “cubes” and ultimately becoming a linked network with considerable political and economic influence.



“We hope that UCubed will provide a measure of relief and an end to the isolation, frustration and depression that so many unemployed workers experience,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. “Working together, they can build a network of mutual support and help each other to get through the next few years.”

Read the full IAM press release about UCubed. Better yet, check out the UCubed website at www.unionofunemployed.com and listen to today’s Workers Independent News story about UCubed. And if you know someone who is unemployed, tell them about UCubed.

[earcandle]

1. Cool!

[DKRC]

2. Had a converstation just yesterday

that we need to form a union of "we the people" that only requires that you be a citizen to participate regardless of un/employment so that we could support each other. Thanks for the link. Definitely going to check this out.

:thumbsup:

K&R

[Earth Bound Misfit]

3. Kick N Rec

Thanks OS!