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America’s professionals have long since lost the job security and middle class status that were supposed to go with a college education and hard work. Now, in the current economy, we’re losing our jobs, our health insurance and sometimes our homes. But we still have our skills, and we can put them to use fighting for a decent safety net and a fair economy. Join UP for mutual support and advocacy for health reform, adequate unemployment benefits, and an economy that honors our skills and effort instead of throwing them away!
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UP partnerships:
Alonovo–Socially Responsible Shopping Business Technology Consumer NetworkFoundation for Health Coverage EducationFreelancers UnionNational Employment Lawyers Association National Employment Law ProjectUnemployment LifelineWorklife Wizard |
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places (and there are so many) where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don¹t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” ~ Howard Zinn What WorksUP wants to hear from YOU. What strategies have you used to survive, or thrive, during these difficult times? Have you invented creative new ways to find jobs or earn money? Do you have money-saving ideas? Advice for changing careers? Send your submissions to up@unitedprofessionals.org.1. So Now What? 2. 10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who’ve Been Screwing You. |
