SIGN NOW to tell your U.S. Senators to take action immediately to boost
and strengthen our unemployment insurance system!

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Dear Friend,

It would be great if President Trump could snap his figures and end the
COVID-19 health and economic crisis on July 31st, but so far, his magical
thinking doesn’t seem to be doing the trick. Arbitrary dates are exactly
that: arbitrary. And some of the improvements Congress passed to
Unemployment Insurance arbitrarily will end on July 31st unless immediate
action is taken. [1]

America’s families need a real plan!

[ [link removed] ]***SIGN OUR LETTER calling on Congress to take immediate action to
ensure that our unemployment insurance system continues to support
families until this economic and health crisis ends!

We’re hearing from moms every single day who are struggling with
unemployment and questioning how they are going to pay their bills and
continue to put food on the table for their families. Within the past
three months, the U.S. Congress has passed a massive overhaul of our
broken unemployment insurance (UI) system—but a vital component of this
overhaul arbitrarily ends at the end of July—only two months away! [2] The
CARES Act provided an extra $600/week in federal unemployment benefits to
make struggling workers whole during this pandemic. But that enhancement
will arbitrarily end on July 31st. [3] And as great the improvements to
the UI system have been, much more still needs to be done in order to
support struggling families and a deeply damaged economy.

Women especially have been hit hard by the economic fallout of this
pandemic, with women-dominated industries being the first to be shutdown
like food service, retail, child care, hospitality, and education. In
fact, women accounted for more than half of the jobs lost in March and
it’s estimated that between 7.8-8.4 million women filed for unemployment
insurance in the last three weeks of April. [4]

We are hurting and we need our elected leaders to double down on the
efforts they have already made to expand Unemployment Insurance to those
normally left out of the program (women, gig workers, self-employed etc.).
Much more needs to be done so our families can support themselves and our
economy can start to recover.

[ [link removed] ]We know that unemployment insurance works and is an important lifeline
for millions of people. We just need to make sure it is there for all of
us for as long as we need it!

***ADD YOUR NAME to our letter calling on Congress to strengthen and
expand UI to help struggling workers during the COVID-19 pandemic!

Despite what economists from both sides of the aisle are predicting in
terms of our floundering economy and record unemployment numbers,
President Trump and his GOP allies are pumping the brakes on any further
action to assist those out of work. President Trump is opposing an
extension of the $600 boost in unemployment insurance past July 31^st,
when it is set to expire. [5] The $600 is critical to those out of work
because it allows for full wage replacement versus the usual 30-50% wage
replacement people would normally see with Unemployment Insurance. [ [link removed] ] The
$600 is also critical to rebuilding our economy, which is based on
consumer-spending. This is another case of our President being out of
touch at best and cruel at most if he thinks the average American family
can survive on half of their usual monthly paycheck!

And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is no better. He doesn’t even
think we need additional COVID-19 relief legislation and is planning to
block the House-passed HEROES Act, which among other things provides major
improvements to unemployment insurance, paid family leave and paid sick
days, nutrition assistance, and aid to struggling state and local
governments—basically the type of things our families need right now to
get through this pandemic. [7,8]

[6]This is why we need YOU to join us in speaking out NOW! If we don’t
make a ton of noise and put pressure on the U.S. Senate to take action to
help struggling families and our broken economy, things will only get
worse!

**SIGN NOW to tell your U.S. Senators to take action immediately to boost
and strengthen our unemployment insurance system!

We know you have so much on your plate, so we appreciate you continuing to
speak out any way you can to help our families get the programs we need to
survive this pandemic. After you [ [link removed] ]sign our letter make sure to forward
this email to your friends and family and [ [link removed] ]post our action link to
Facebook.

Thank you!

-Elyssa, Kristin, Donna and the entire MomsRising/ MamásConPoder team

P.S. Have you been able to access unemployment insurance? MomsRising would
love to hear from you about how UI is helping your family during this
pandemic! [ [link removed] ]Share your story here!

P.P.S. Have questions about whether you are eligible for the new
Unemployment Insurance programs passed by Congress since March? We’ve got
you covered! [ [link removed] ]Watch this video from a webinar we held with an expert
from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and check out additional
resources that you might find helpful.

 

[1, 3] [ [link removed] ]“Unemployment benefits will be reduced after July 31.” CNBC,
May 4, 2020.

[2] [ [link removed] ]“Unemployment provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act.” NELP, March 27, 2020.

[4] [ [link removed] ]“Women have been hit hard by the coronavirus labor market.” EPI,
April 15, 2020.

[5] [ [link removed] ]“Trump reportedly opposes extending the $600 boost in weekly
unemployment benefits as jobless levels reach record highs.” Business
Insider, May 20, 2020.

[6] [ [link removed] ]“How does unemployment insurance work? And how is it changing
during the coronavirus pandemic.” Brookings, April 7, 2020. 

[7] [ [link removed] ]“Republican Senators put brakes on additional coronavirus aid.”
Reuters, May 19, 2020.

[8] [ [link removed] ]“HEROES Act Would Give America’s Working Families the Paid Leave
and Other Essential Supports We All Need In This Pandemic.” MomsRising,
May 13, 2020.

 

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