It’s crunch time for saving public services and jobs. Last week AFSCME members like you flooded Congress with thousands of phone calls in support of The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213) and with the House vote now expected tomorrow, we need to keep the pressure on. Please make a call for jobs right now: tell your representative to vote YES on H.R. 4213 and support jobs.

The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 is critically important for working families. Our econo my is beginning to show signs of recovery, but there remain more than five job seekers for every opening and 6.7 million workers have been unemployed now for more than six months. We need this jobs bill.

What’s worse, without this assistance states will slash hundreds of thousands jobs and gut education, health care and public safety services even more. The bill would result in $26 billion in badly needed funding for state and local governments, known as FMAP.

America’s workers can’t afford to wait any longer. Millions of out-of-work families are relying on unemployment insurance just to put food on their table, and without the COBRA subsidy extension they will be forced to go without health insurance. Congress must act now to protect these workers and promote American jobs. Please call your representative right now: http://www.unionvoice.org/afscme/s avejobs.html

In solidarity,

Tracey Conaty
AFSCME e-Action Network