The Jobs Crisis: Moving to Action

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Don’t let former comedian Al Franken’s presence fool you, “The Jobs Crisis — Moving to Action: A Dialogue Between Workers and Policymakers” is no laughing matter. Especially after unemployment rose in June for the fourth consecutive month. Sen. Franken (D., MN) joins commentator Bob Herbert, economist Heather Boushey, Rep. Sander Levin (D. MI?), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and others for a discussion between workers, policymakers, economists and labor leaders about “how to get beyond the policies that created an economy that works for Wall Street and CEOs toward an economy that works for all.” Click here for details and here to register. “It's time for the plain talk about jobs that is worthy of the American people—a conversation that tells the truth,” say organizers.