Flyer: "Who are the 99ers?"

Who Are the 99ers

Flashmobs4Jobs at the Witness for Living Wage demonstration

Flashmobs4jobs was part of the Witness for Living Wage demonstration (that's one of our members, Sam, on the right of the above picture)! Hundreds of New Yorkers, including nearly 100 clergy members from all across the city, delivered thousands of prayer postcards asking the City Council to pass the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, which would require all companies which receive tax breaks from the City to pay $10/hr plus benefits or $11.50/hr without benefits.


Labor Press New York coverage (incl. photo)

Solitary Fracture on 99er Civil Disobedience

WARNING- if you don't like swearing, don't watch! :o

Stand With Us Nov 20th (printable flyer)

Flashmobs Breadline Flyer FINAL

Coverage of Nov 12 (en Español )

Telemundo: Arrestan a desempleados

Univision Nueva York: Protestas contra el desempleo en Nueva York


Univision Nacional: Beneficios de desempleo en la mira


CNN en Español: 99 semanas

99er activist talks about getting arrested

I’m 68 years old, and have been a “good girl” all my life. But this past Friday I turned into an activist and had myself arrested for the cause. I joined a small group of 99ers and members of the long-term unemployed, who gathered in front of the building housing the Dept. of Labor’s unemployment office to tell Congress to “Get to work so that we can get to work.”

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Press coverage from 11/12 Civil Disobedience

(preliminary- more coverage still coming in)

ABC News: Thousands in New York, millions across country stand to lose jobless benefits


Unemployment News: 99ers Arrested During NYC Protest

NY 1: Four Arrested at Rally for Extended Unemployment Benefits

NY Unemployment Examiner: Protesters Arrested at 99ers' Rally for Tier 5 Unemployment Benefit Extensions

CBS New York: Unemployed New Yorkers Call For Congress to Extend Jobless Benefits

99ers Arrested in Civil Disobedience

NYC- activist video from the rally:







Statement from one of the activists (to be added)

Stand with us Saturday, Nov 20

Stand with Us

Saturday, November 20th!

Thanksgiving 2010:

No Feast for the Unemployed.

Please join the 99ers, other members of the unemployed, their friends, family and supporters, in recreating a 1930's "breadline" on Saturday, November 20th. We need to bring home the fact that the unemployed have been jobless and without benefits for far too long – and are starving.

We will be lining up in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, at 33 Liberty Street, in Manhattan, beginning at 11:30am. Please wear black or dark clothes. Hats, flat caps, scarves and shawls are fine, but no white or bright colors. This is to be a somber event. We will recreate the image from the Great Depression – because we believe this is the Great Depression II, not the Great Recession! Congress and the country have ignored us for too long. On the Saturday before the Thanksgiving holiday we will be invisible no more!

The media will be in attendance. We need to have as many people in the line as we can get, so please reach out to your friends, family, neighbors, and members of your house of worship, to join you. We will be picking up stale loaves, as props, during the week before the event. However, if you can get loaves from stores and bakeries that discard them at closing, each night, please bring them.

Directions: 5, J, A, C, 2, 3 to Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau.

Please check with the MTA for any service disruptions on the weekend.

To join our breadline, contact: Sam or Kian at breadline2010@gmail.com. 

Sponsored by flashmobs4jobs.org. Visit our site for more information or visit us on Facebook.

Live near NYC? On 11/12 Tell Congress: Do Your Job!

Ok ok- it was raining cats and dogs last week! So we called 11/4 a trial run!

11/12 Flyer DOWNLOAD LINK

11-12 Flyer Final

Multiple Choice

The woman in the photo is:

A. Un-American
B. Lazy
C. On drugs
D. A potential thief
E. Unemployed

The correct answer is E.Unemployed. She has tried to find work for over two years but has not been hired because of her age and the fact that she's "over-qualified".

Contact Congress and tell them: GET BACK TO WORK!

Dear Concerned Citizen,

Congress has delayed acting on behalf of the unemployed for far too long. 3-5 Million people have been CUT OFF THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EVEN THOUGH THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WORK.

Now, Congress PLANS ON TAKING A VACATION! They will not resume sessions until November 15, then they will meet for ONE WEEK- THEN GO BACK ON VACATION!

Fax and Call your Congresspeople and Tell them that
business-as-usual has got to change!
The unemployed need Tier 5 and S.3706!

Remember- for the next week your Representatives and Senators will not be in Washington! Go to the website of the individual lawmaker to find contact information for their offices in your home state! If you want a pdf to fax, find our flyer here.

U.S. Voters have demanded that their law-makers be more accountable- now IT'S UP TO US 

to hold them to their

PROMISES TO THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS!

We CAN make a difference!

For more information please contact UWAGnyc@gmail.com or Call Kian at (917) 216-0693 .

Thank you for your valuable time,

Sam Talbot
Unemployed Workers Action Group NY/NJ
http://www.FlashMobs4Jobs.org
917-326-1079

UWAG's Rally to Restore Tier 5

UWAG at One Nation Rally 10-02-10

Every day is a Sanity Rally for 99ers!

99ers were at the Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, on the 30th:

From the front lines...

Here's an email from a jobs activist (and fellow member of the American 99ers Union) who's doing an awesome action:

We have been working on the XBOX Live get out the vote.  XBOX live attracks many age groups.  However, it seems many unemployed, college age kids and adults go on this as a form of entertainment.  It crosses state lines and depending on your settings can cross country lines as well.  We have been using this as a way to communicate the 99er plight and have had great success with this movement.

 

By creating a Clan tag of VOTE-opens up conversations online with others about who they will vote for and why.

 

By having that conversation I do not have to tell them who to vote for just to tell them as a 99er what I have experienced and learned about the government and what the Republicans have done to obstruct things that would help the 98% of the country. 

 

It educated people on who and what the 99ers are.  It give the opportunity to give them topics to google and make their own decision.  Not telling them who to vote for just telling them who I am voting for and it has changed many peoples minds.  It creates conversations for people who do not really watch the news or read news papers.

 

Suggestions......PLAYSTATION 3 would be a great place to do this activity.

I wouldnt suggest the WII as much since more young people underage voters tend to play on that system.

 

Rhonda Taylor-99er

The 99ers Need a tier 5 added to benefits.

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&ref=mb#!/99ers?v=wall

WILL YOU BECOME A 99er BEFORE CHRISTMAS?

Printable version: http://www.scribd.com/doc/39747794/2010-10-18-Am99ers-Vote-Dem

Press Release: http://www.scribd.com/doc/39747888/2010-10-18-Am99ers-Press-Release-FINAL

 

Vote for Jobs * Vote for Tier V * Vote Democratic * Protect Yourself

Anyone collecting unemployment insurance will become a 99er after November 30th unless Congress votes for an extension. This will be a huge fight, just like last July. Currently, however, there is a stand alone bill, S.3706 that would create a Tier V, 20 additional weeks, for ALL who have exhausted their unemployment insurance (UI), both the “old” 99ers, and the “new” 99ers who will begin to lose UI after Nov. 30th. The bill is supported by the Democrats, not the Republicans. The Democratic Party has supported job creation, the unemployed and fought for extensions of Tiers and dates. This is the party that needs to remain the majority in Congress if any of us are to receive any help. We already know that the GOP is not a party for the people. At every turn, Republicans have chosen to support banks, the wealthy and corporations instead of supporting the needs of struggling Americans. Current 99ers cannot wait any longer for financial assistance. We have fought long and hard for over 8 months now, and we need the support of ALL future 99ers to join the fight. Whether or not you are receiving UI, all unemployed, underemployed, those who fear they may be laid-off soon, and their families, must not simply wait and hope for job creation and extended UI. Millions of unemployed will be 99ers after November 30. If Republicans take control of the House of Representatives and/or the Senate, many can expect to remain a 99er for a very long time.

If you are not a 99er, how will the upcoming expiration date of November 30th affect your UI? The bottom line is this:

1. 1. If you are currently collecting your first 26 weeks, after Nov. 30th, you WILL NOT be allowed to move into a Tier. All you will receive in TOTAL UI is 26 weeks. When you finish your 26 weeks, you will become a 99er.
• Example: You first filed for UI in August, 2010. Your 26 weeks is finished in January. You will become a 99er in January, 2011.
2. If your state/state you are collecting from qualifies for the Tier, and you begin a new Tier before November 30th, you will be able to complete the weeks for that Tier. You WILL NOT be allowed to move the next Tier and, when your current Tier ends, you will become a 99er.
• Example: Assuming your state/state you are collecting from qualifies, you began Tier 1, 20 weeks, in August, 2010. You will become a 99er in January, 2011.
3. If you began collecting your 20 weeks of Extended Benefits (EB), before the Nov. 28th deadline, you WILL NOT collect EB after December 5th. No EB will be paid out, regardless of how many weeks you have left. On Dec, 5th, you will become a 99er.
• Example: You began collecting EB in August, 2010 and you think you have until Jan, 2011. You will be cut-off and become a 99er on Dec.5, 2010.

Usually, a laid-off person receives 26 weeks of unemployment insurance (UI). In a normal economy, 26 weeks is often enough time to find a job. Money for the first 26 weeks comes from your State. Because of the economic crisis, some states also have Extended Benefits (EB), and the Federal government pays for extra weeks through a series of steps, called Tiers.

Currently, there are four Tiers of Federally funded benefits (in addition to the original 26 weeks of state benefits and 20 weeks of EB, which is jointly funded). With each new Tier, new individual and state eligibility rules and expiration dates are added. For example, new money for ALL Tiers expires on November 30th of this year. It is extremely important that you understand what Tier you are in and how the expiration dates and rules apply to you. The two most important things are: the original date you filed for UI, and the state you live in or are collecting from.

The original 26 weeks, plus the current Tiers and EB, add up to 99 weeks. The term “99er”, originally adopted by those who have exhausted all 99 weeks, now refers to anyone who has exhausted all of their unemployment benefits. This does not mean that everyone has, or will, receive 99 weeks of UI. Some think they will automatically move from Tier to Tier and collect all 99 weeks. NO!! The start date when you file your original claim determines which Tiers you are eligible for. In addition, not all states are entitled to 99 weeks; it depends on your states’ individual unemployment rate (or that of the state you are collecting from). Each state is different; please be sure to check with the State Department of Labor to determine which Tier you are in, which Tiers you are eligible for and how many weeks your state might be eligible for. DO NOT assume you know; check for yourself. You can find your state/collecting state office here: http://www.servicelocator.org/OWSLinks.asp

BE PRO-ACTIVE. DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU LOSE YOUR UI AFTER NOV 30TH!!

All unemployed are 99ers.

We take the name ‘99ers’ as a show of solidarity because we are all in the same boat unless law-makers take action soon.

We ask all unemployed to vote as 99ers on November 2.

VOTE for job creation, VOTE for Tier 5, VOTE for extended UI, VOTE for Democrats!!

"We Need Jobs Bill, Not Bull!"

99ERs RELEASE FLASMOB VIDEO CALLING FOR JOBS; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXTENSION and TOWN HALL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

NEW YORK - October 7, 2010 An entertaining new flash mob video is hitting the internet today!

Check out the press:

Rochester Unemployment Examiner

San Diego Unemployment Examiner

New York Public Policy Examiner

Huffington Post

The 405 Club

Laugh Break

Question: What kind of help does Glenn Beck offer the unemployed?

To Find 99ers at the Rally

Metro 2 Foggy Bottom/GWU Sta.; Go to 23 St. NW & Constitution Ave; Follow crowd 2 rflecting pool; Lk 4 AFSCME green t-shirts on crner.
MUST entr @23NW! Go past 2wrds pool & cement steps. Wlk up all steps; 99ers on Right in frnt near Senior Stng; Lk 4 logo, not baloons.