{"id":2032,"date":"2010-07-06T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2010-07-06T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T17:28:27","slug":"activists-urge-senators-to-vote-on-jobs-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/06\/activists-urge-senators-to-vote-on-jobs-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists urge senators to vote on jobs bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 30, union and community leaders\u00a0gathered\u00a0in front of\u00a0US Sen. Jim Demint’s office\u00a0in Charleston. They were among thousands of others across the nation sending a message to their Republican Senators: “Vote on the Jobs Bill Now!”<\/p>\n

“On Thursday, June 23, the Senate again failed to get cloture on the Jobs Bill even after Democrats agreed to reduce the overall cost of the bill.” said Leonard Riley, ILA member and president of Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment (CAFE).<\/p>\n

Riley was joined by\u00a0leaders of the Charleston and Columbia\u00a0Central Labor Councils(CLC), SC Alliance for Retired\u00a0Americans (ARA), SC Progressive Network<\/a>, ILA Local 1422, AFSCME Local 1199\u00a0and the SC AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n

Jenny Patterson, president of the Columbia CLC, said, “We are tired of Senator Demint pulling the rug out from under unemployed workers in our state and our public health and safety just to score political points. His refusal to vote\u00a0for funding to keep teachers, police officers and other workers on the job and to protect elderly residents\u00a0from being tossed out of nursing homes is outrageous.”<\/p>\n

Vic Rawl, former Democratic candidate for US Senate, was\u00a0among those attending the action. Rawl was endorsed by the SC AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n

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