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Dear Friend,

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. Moms like Beverly,
who writes:

“When I was laid off from my job due to COVID-19, as a single mother I was
petrified. The added $600 in unemployment benefits has been a lifeline,
the difference between keeping a roof over our heads and homelessness.
With no end in sight of this pandemic, we need the expansion of
unemployment benefits to make sure no one gets left behind in this
situation we had no control over.”

Right now unemployed workers are receiving $600 per week in additional
unemployment benefits, but unless the U.S. Senate takes action soon, those
benefits will expire on July 31^st!

[ [link removed] ]***SIGN OUR LETTER NOW calling on your U.S. Senators to support
unemployed workers and extend the $600 per week boost in unemployment
benefits! (When you click, here you’ll automatically sign on if we already
have your information.)

Here’s what’s going on: The CARES Act, passed by Congress in late March,
provided an extra $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits to make
struggling workers whole during this pandemic and to stimulate the
economy. But that enhancement will arbitrarily end on July 31st. [1] That
means millions of unemployed workers are about to take a $2,400 per month
cut in pay unless Congress takes immediate action. With an unemployment
rate still sitting at around 13.3% and 59% of CEOs saying they are
implementing hiring freezes, now is NOT the time for Congress to
short-change struggling Americans and undercut our economy. [2]

We have an emergency situation: President Trump and his GOP allies are
pumping the brakes on any further action to assist those out of work,
despite what economists from both sides of the aisle are predicting in
terms of our floundering economy and record unemployment numbers. In fact,
President Trump is opposing the extension of the $600 boost in
unemployment insurance past July 31^st, when it is set to expire. [3] 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. [4] 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 with the real lives of
families and completely lacking in compassion if he thinks the average
American family can survive on half of their usual monthly paycheck!

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and many of his Republican
colleagues aren’t much better. They have said time and time again that the
$600/week boost is unnecessary, which is absolutely not true in terms of
what our economy and families need. [ [link removed] ] But do you know who recognizes the
need for these benefits? Nancy Pelosi and the House of Representatives,
which passed the HEROES Act weeks ago, extending the $600 per week boost,
and providing numerous critically important supports for families and
front line workers dealing with the pandemic. [ [link removed] ]

[5]We need the U.S. Senate to follow the House’s lead and take immediate
action to extend unemployment insurance benefits for millions of workers!

***CLICK HERE to sign our letter to your U.S. Senators urging them to
extend the $600 per week for unemployed workers -- as well as to move
forward the critically important elements in the HEROES Act immediately!!
(When you click here, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your
information.)

As almost anyone based in reality can tell you, our economy continues to
suffer and since our families make up the economy, so do we! As of May 16,
nearly one in four workers have applied for unemployment insurance
benefits, either in the regular program or through the new Pandemic
Unemployment Assistance program, since stay-at-home orders first went into
effect. Black workers have been especially hit hard by the COVID-19
economy with more than one in six Black workers losing their jobs between
February and April. And Black women in particular are uniquely struggling
as both the majority of frontline essential workers AND seeing record
unemployment rates. [ [link removed] ]

Here is the letter we are asking you to [6]sign and sending to the Senate:

“Dear Senator,

Unemployment Insurance is a vital lifeline for families and stimulus for
the economy that will be critical to our nation’s economic recovery from
the COVID-19 crisis. We need Congress to ensure this safety net will be
available to all who need it until our economy has sufficiently recovered.
In particular, we are asking you to take immediate action and continue the
$600 per week boost past July 31^st and tie its phase out to economic
indicators. The $600 per week is one critical element of the House-passed
HEROES Act— legislation that is a crucial starting point for the next
emergency policy package, which our families and economy need to get
through this pandemic.

Without a strong Unemployment Insurance system our families will continue
to suffer and our economy will be slow to recover. We need you to act
now!”

[7]Once you click here, you will be automatically signed on to our letter
to your U.S. Senators calling them to support unemployed workers and
extend the $600 per week boost in benefits past the arbitrary July 31^st
deadline— as well as to move forward the critically important elements in
the HEROES Act immediately.

We have no time to waste on speaking out against this issue! We are 30
days away from millions of unemployed families seeing a serious and
detrimental cut to their household income. which will have a negative
ripple effect in our economy. We need the U.S. Senate to follow the
House’s lead to vote to extend unemployment benefits NOW and to move
forward the critically important elements within the HEROES Act! [ [link removed] ]After
you sign our letter, forward this email to your friends and family and ask
them to sign as well. You can also [ [link removed] ]post our action link to Facebook.

Thank you for continuing to take action and speak up for our families
during this time of crisis!

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

 

P.S. Elijah McClain -- a young Black man who loved animals, a violinist, a
highly regarded massage therapist, and a person beloved by his community
-- was simply walking home from the store after buying iced tea when
police officers in Aurora, Colorado detained and murdered him nearly a
year ago. The officers who murdered Elijah have yet to be fired or
charged. There is still no justice. Not only have the officers NOT been
charged yet, on Sunday the Aurora, CO police, in riot gear, used pepper
spray to break up a peaceful violin vigil in a city park calling for
justice for Elijah, who was killed by that very same police department
last year. —> [ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION HERE!

P.P.S. Along with your signatures, we want to be able to send your stories
to the Senate as well. [ [link removed] ]Share with us how Unemployment Insurance is
helping your family during this pandemic.

 

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

[2] [ [link removed] ]“When does the extra $600 in federal unemployment end? What do
know before it expires.” Fortune, June 28, 2020.

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

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

[5] [ [link removed] ]“McConnell and Pelosi’s next battle: How to help the 40 million
unemployed.” Politico, May 31, 2020.

[6] [ [link removed] ]“House HEROES Act Reflects Urgency of Ongoing Public Health and
Economic Crises Caused by Coronavirus.” Center for American Progress, June
10, 2020.

[7] [ [link removed] ]“Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions
for coronavirus –racism and economic inequality.” Economic Policy
Institute, June 1, 2020.

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