NC Extended Unemployment (Charlotte, Raleigh, Graham: house, live in, cost)

[Holwager]

She needs to do more than just wait for a clean bill. Berger has it all over the media that she won't respond to their request to give them some idea of how she wants to resolve this.

Originally Posted by soleprovider51

My PCC Foundation family member just got back to me. I'm headed to PCC first then bouncing over to Roberts. I now have two up close and personal shots for face time! Wish us luck.

Anyone have any questions they want me to ask? I just have the two I mentioned.

[ebnow]

Originally Posted by TommyBolin

Try to get pictures

Or video.

You have a great advantage. You know exactly what she will say. She will blame it on the GOP or GA. Have your retort on the tip of your tongue and speak from the heart.

[gemini1girl]

soleprovider,

ask her why she isn't being proactive and finding a solution or compromise for the 37,000 plus who are suffering. She will probably ignore all questions, like we are being ignored.

[soleprovider51]

I'll try to do all the above. I'll be checking on here for more questions/advice up till 11:15- wanna be there in plenty of time to blend in with faculty .

[mommy terry]

MEDIA ADVISORY: Unemployed workers to speak at Charlotte press conference on benefits extension

Unemployed workers to speak at Charlotte press conference on benefits extension
Stop playing political games with 37,000 families, say organizers

WHO: Unemployed workers, AFL-CIO and NC Justice Center
WHAT: Press conference backing extension of unemployment benefits
WHEN: Monday, May 16, 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: At a Charlotte, NC Employment Security Commission Office:
5601 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28212

CHARLOTTE (May 16, 2011) – Without an extension of unemployment benefits, 37,000 jobless people in North Carolina find themselves without a source of income to feed their families, pay rent and bills, or purchase other basic necessities.

At a press conference in Charlotte on Monday, some of those 37,000 people will join with labor and social justice advocates to call on lawmakers to extend those critical benefits – and stop playing political games with peoples’ lives.

Speakers will include:

· Unemployed workers from Charlotte and other areas;

· Former Employment Security Commission chair and labor commissioner Harry Payne, now of the NC Justice Center;

· MaryBe McMillan, AFL-CIO NC Secretary-Treasurer

The press conference will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 16 in from of the Employment Security Commission office at 5601 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100
in Charlotte, 28212.

In addition to speakers, attendees will be holding numbers that visually represent the 37,000 people, indicating that individuals and families are behind each number.


For more information, contact: James Andrews or MaryBe McMillan, NC AFL-CIO, 919.863.6678; Jeff Shaw, Director of Communications, NC Justice Center, jeff@ncjustice.org, (919) 863-2402 (office) (503) 551.3615 (mobile).


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[stangman2002]

I really wish you good luck! I'm there with you, in spirit. This is getting unbearable for me and my family I just had my first real nervous breakdown a few minutes ago. Trying to explain to family how bad this is, really is harder than the situation itself. I'm just at that point today, where if someone said something cross to me.....I'd just lose it!!!

[mommy terry]

Charlotte's a big city this should get her attention. Plus she will be here on Monday (Bev)

[thaylin]

Originally Posted by Holwager

She needs to do more than just wait for a clean bill. Berger has it all over the media that she won't respond to their request to give them some idea of how she wants to resolve this.

And she has told them what she needed to resolve this.. Berger wants her to give into his demands to give us the money we are already suposed to get.

Its like someone asking you to hold $5 and then telling you he will not give it back to you until you give him 100 permanently.

[Holwager]

Berger is "trying" to look like the good guy and saying that he wants Perdue to communicate with them to come to a resolution. He's not saying "his way or the highway" and he's making it look like she won't budge to help the unemployed.

She needs to show some sort of effort on this. I'm not saying to give in 100% but show that she cares enough to attempt to resolve this issue instead of being unwilling to use diplomacy and reason.

Perception is everything, and right now, the GOP is using the media to their advantage to make it look like she doesn't care.

Originally Posted by thaylin

And she has told them what she needed to resolve this.. Berger wants her to give into his demands to give us the money we are already suposed to get.

Its like someone asking you to hold $5 and then telling you he will not give it back to you until you give him 100 permanently.

[ebnow]

Originally Posted by mommy terry

MEDIA ADVISORY: Unemployed workers to speak at Charlotte press conference on benefits extension

Unemployed workers to speak at Charlotte press conference on benefits extension
Stop playing political games with 37,000 families, say organizers

WHO: Unemployed workers, AFL-CIO and NC Justice Center
WHAT: Press conference backing extension of unemployment benefits
WHEN: Monday, May 16, 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: At a Charlotte, NC Employment Security Commission Office:
5601 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28212

CHARLOTTE (May 16, 2011) – Without an extension of unemployment benefits, 37,000 jobless people in North Carolina find themselves without a source of income to feed their families, pay rent and bills, or purchase other basic necessities.

At a press conference in Charlotte on Monday, some of those 37,000 people will join with labor and social justice advocates to call on lawmakers to extend those critical benefits – and stop playing political games with peoples’ lives.

Speakers will include:

· Unemployed workers from Charlotte and other areas;

· Former Employment Security Commission chair and labor commissioner Harry Payne, now of the NC Justice Center;

· MaryBe McMillan, AFL-CIO NC Secretary-Treasurer

The press conference will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 16 in from of the Employment Security Commission office at 5601 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100
in Charlotte, 28212.

In addition to speakers, attendees will be holding numbers that visually represent the 37,000 people, indicating that individuals and families are behind each number.


For more information, contact: James Andrews or MaryBe McMillan, NC AFL-CIO, 919.863.6678; Jeff Shaw, Director of Communications, NC Justice Center, jeff@ncjustice.org, (919) 863-2402 (office) (503) 551.3615 (mobile).


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we need a facebook invite for this and invite the GA.