Urgent Action Needed
Hello Everyone, Today after speaking with a representative from the Department of Labor I have filed a petition for the TAA/ATAA program. For those that don't know this is an assistance program for people being laid off because their jobs have been shipped overseas. For the people I spoke to earlier about this, the application from San Francisco does not cover us as each state requires a submission of this form. This would provide for extended periods of unemployment benefits and re-training money as well as other benefits to those affected.
The problem is this program does not currently cover service industry personnel. However, according to the person from the Department of Labor, there is an attempt to get us added in the current legislative session to this program. Here is where action is needed. We all need to contact our Senators and Representatives regarding this program and ask that service personnel be added to this legislation. When contacting them the official name of the act is the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002.
Here are links to writing your congresspeople,
"www.house.gov"
"www.senate.gov"
If you would like a sample letter let me know and I will forward what I am writing to my reps.
Thank you to all that have volunteered to lobby. I was impressed with the number of people willing to help out.
That's all for now,
Bob
