{"article":{"id":12595,"heading":"Congress left workers out of its airline bailout bill (AFL-CIO)","author":"AFL-CIO","created":"2001-11-03 07:29:38","modified":"2005-08-15 00:42:38","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:42:38","article":"<div>This is not just another e-mail because what we are \nwriting about today is<br>not just another issue. Our nation is in the midst of \ntwo crises:<br>Terrorism threatens our security and economic recession threatens \nthe<br>livelihoods and health of millions of workers and their \nfamilies.<br>Republicans in Congress are blocking needed worker relief and a \nsound<br>economic growth proposal in favor of more handouts to the rich \nand<br>corporations.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>More than 638,000 layoffs have been announced since \nSept. 11, but Congress<br>left workers out of its airline bailout bill. The \nHouse passed an economic<br>recovery package stuffed with Big Business tax \nbreaks but not a penny for<br>laid-off workers. Now the fight turns to the U.S. \nSenate. The Senate vote<br>on our nation's economic future is likely to happen \nsometime in the next<br>several days---while laid-off workers wait for \ndesperately needed help.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>You're more powerful than you think. Take one \nminute right now to make<br>your voice heard.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Call your senators at 1-800-718-1008.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Urge them to support a relief package that includes \nunemployment and<br>health care benefits for laid-off workers.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Because this issue is so important, we need you to \ntake some extra time to<br>also send a fax to your U.S. senator from the AFL-CIO \nwebsite by clicking<br>on the link below right now.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>http:\/\/www.aflcio.org\/redirect.pl?id=233927&amp;msg=13433&amp;url=\/e\/11.htm<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Please forward this e-mail to people you know who \nmight be interested.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>For more information visit http:\/\/www.aflcio.org\/<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>--------------------------------------------<br><br>\r\n<\/div>\n<div>To join the e-Activist Network, visit http:\/\/www.aflcio.org<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.aflcio.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"More than 638,000 layoffs have been announced since Sept. 11, but Congress left workers out of its airline bailout bill.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/11\/afl-cio.htm","filesize":"3.2 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/11\/12595.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}