On the eve of Obama’s “Jobs Summit”, the picture of employment in this country is bleak.  Unemployment is at crisis levels:  10.2% unemployment, six job-seekers for every opening, 27 million Americans that need full-time work.

This comes as no big surprise.  Jobs with Justice coalitions have been mobilizing for an economic recovery and working with partners to develop a national jobs plan. 

“It’s past time to get millions of people back to work with a national jobs program that puts people to work,” said Sarita Gupta, Executive Director of Jobs with Justice, “but to solve the economic crisis we must create not just jobs, but good jobs that allow workers and their families to lead healthy, stable lives.”

For decades, the economic policies of the United States government have led to a hemorrhaging of the good-paying jobs that built our middle-class.  More and more people are working at lower-paying jobs with fewer benefits.  Today, we find ourselves living in a country where one in 10 homes is in foreclosure.  One in eight people - 40% of whom are in working families - must rely on food stamps.  One in six have no health insurance. 

Unchecked corporate greed has put workers in a bind, forcing far too many to

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