The Coalition on Human Needs is teaming up with other organizations and “calling on all members of the Senate to put aside partisan games, to put aside rhetoric and enact legislation that has broad bi-partisan support – an extension of unemployment benefits and the COBRA health care subsidy through the end of 2010.”

While Congress and popular media outlets struggle to recover from their tizzy over bipartisan health care reform, 1.2 million Americans lost their unemployment benefits Sunday. And all thanks to a single-handed effort by Republican Sen Jim Bunning of Kentucky.

Senators Kyl and Grassey are blocking the consideration of bill that would extend unemployment benefits to millions of workless Americans. That is unless Congress agrees to permanently weaken the estate tax. Holding hostage the livelihoods of hard-hit Americans, the priorities of Kyl and Grassey are clear.

At the end of this month, unemployment insurance is set to expire for millions of workless Americans. Unless action is taken by congress to extend this service, by June there will be five million unemployed Americans, ineligible for benefits. Jobs for America Now is connecting people to their Senators’ offices here. Tell your representatives to [...]

A new study published in the latest issue of Social Science & Medicine links poor health to job insecurity in 16 European countries. With results similar to findings from other studies, this research makes a unique contribution to the evidence base by investigating international differences.