From the AFL-CIO: Tell the Senate: Get to Work and Pass the HEROES Act
UPDATE: Keep calling!
UPDATE: From Jeff Wiggins, Kentucky State AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, read Experts expect 'massive human suffering' if GOP lets jobless benefit expire by Emily Singer in The American Independent.
From Bill Londrigan, Kentucky State AFL-CIO president: I don’t have to tell you how critical it is for the Senate to pass the Heroes Act. We have millions upon millions unemployed and not knowing how they are going to put food on the table and care for their children. They need help and they need it NOW. That is why it is essential that the Senate pass the Heroes Act with the $600.00 UI Benefit intact! And, if you review the Heroes Act you will see that it contains so many key provisions that will not only help our fellow workers and their families, but our state and local governments, small businesses, health care workers and so much more. SO CALL TODAY – ON THIS NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY – 866-832-1560! You must share this number with as many people as you can. Share with your fellow members and their families, your friends and neighbors and anyone that can call in to let Mitch McConnell know that we are demanding he past the Heroes Act! In Solidarity, Bill.
It’s hard to believe. Coronavirus cases and unemployment numbers are climbing, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent the Senate home without debating the HEROES Act, the next coronavirus economic relief package.
The House passed the HEROES Act on May 15. Yet for two months, the Senate has not brought this critical legislation to the floor, nor has it proposed an alternative solution. The number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 has exponentially increased in nearly every state, and millions of Americans have been left unemployed through no fault of their own.
Tell the Senate to pass the HEROES Act today.
The HEROES Act was designed to save lives and livelihoods. Without action, working people are going to continue to get sick on the job and/or lose their jobs. It has become clear that uncoordinated piecemeal actions will not stop the spread, save the economy or lead the economy. The importance of a federal response cannot be overstated.
In Solidarity,
Team AFL-CIO