TODAY @ 1:30: Unemployed join with Labor Secretary Solis, lawmakers in Call to Renew UI

TODAY @ 1:30: Unemployed join with Labor Secretary Solis, lawmakers in Call to Renew UI

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Nov. 30, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

WHAT: Unemployed workers, labor activists, Labor Secretary Solis and members of Congress will call for

a renewal of federal unemployment insurance programs, scheduled to begin to expire Dec. 31.

WHO: Dozens of unemployed workers whose benefits are set to expire without Congressional action

U.S. Reps. Sander Levin, Lloyd Doggett and other Ways and Means Democrats

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Asst. Leader James Clyburn

The Honorable Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor

U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin, Jack Reed, and Sheldon Whitehouse

Christine Owens, Executive Director - National Employment Law Project

Additional House members

WHERE: HVC-215

WHEN: 1:30 PM, TODAY

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means

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