Dear Skinner - we need a jobs forum please

So many of us are out of work, struggling, and wondering whether there is any relief in sight.

I've been out of work for 21 months and am ineligible for unemployment benefits. My husband works, but he is doing the work of 3 or 4 people because he is afraid of losing his job. My younger daughter is unemployed, my older one is a nanny. They don't know if they will ever have middle-class jobs in their lifetimes.

I've written to my congressman, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, about developing a bill to create a serious, substantial job creation program, but only got an automatic reply.

I would like very much to see a DU forum where people can talk about jobs, or lack thereof, share strategies and ideas, find out about job advocacy programs and just commiserate.

Would you please, pretty please, give this suggestion consideration?
Thanks for all you do,
LiberalEsto

I do renovation work and if I knew I could hire a carpenter with a liberal viewpoint and a good set of morals and the talents that usually come with a progressive mind, I would definitely use that forum. I live in the south and am so sick of having to confront assholes with their radios blaring Limpballs and Becks shows all day. And while we are on the subject, is there any one else out there who would give up their first born to have the opportunity to meet Sean Hannitty in a dark alley.God I would whoop his punk ass!

Please, as Jean Luc Picard would say, make it so.

But I'd still like to see a separate forum just focused on the glaring topic of massive unemployment in this country, and what to do about it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=362

It just doesn't get too much activity.

Considering the economy, I think perhaps a forum should be in the free area. IMO. YMMV.

Right, if you don't donate you can't use it.

How does a non-donor start a thread in that Group?

I am not sure laid-off people have the money to donate.

Every week I see people sleeping under the freeway on ramps, park benches, alleys. It just
gets worse & worse. We've got to keep these people who are still connected, stay connected,
so they won't join this growing community that has dropped completely out of things.

Herbert wrote in the June 29 NY Times that Obama and the Democrats in Congress blew a golden opportunity to put Americans back to work right during the good will period right after the inauguration.

He wrote:
"Employment is the No. 1 issue for most ordinary Americans. Their anxiety on this front only grows as they watch teachers, firefighters and police officers lining up to walk the unemployment plank as state and local governments wrestle with horrendous budget deficits."

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"It would take an extraordinary exercise in leadership to rally the country behind a full-bore jobs creation program -- nothing short of large-scale nation-building on the home front. Maybe that's impossible in the current environment,. But that's what this country needs."

Here's a link to a DU post with a link to the column:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8658806

If you need any tips on how to set up a job creation program, please read this DU post called "What FDR Gave Us". I nearly cried when I read this. My parents were immigrants who came to the US in 1949, so I never heard firsthand about the great things Franklin Delano Roosevelt achieved.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x545217

That happened YEARS ago at least according to some genius hear on DU.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=362

But perhaps another forum might be a good idea.

My wife says I have to get off now, and look for a real job. ;-)

valuable. Admins, go for it!

:kick:

K & R

In 30 days from now I will be flying to China to start a job teaching. Sure says a lot when you have to go to another country to earn a living. Not sure if I can post here from China since there may be blocks on linking to anything that has "democratic" in it. Though, I will try but will miss my favorite porn sites. :-)

He posts from there. You might PM him to find out how he does it.

:hi:

Good luck and have fun!

Many of us work at home and offer services that could be of use to others in our community.

I have a small translation agency, for example. I imagine there are some on this site who work at companies that employ translators regularly.

Let's keep the money in our DU community so we can then spread it to work toward mutual political goals.

Not sure how to stop it becoming a spam fest, maybe limit it to DUers who have vacancies in firms they own or work for...?

My goal is prodding our Democratic Party into waking up and doing something about unemployment on a massive policy level.

Maybe DU could link up with Jobs That Are Left for a jobs section. If you're not familiar with Jobs That Are Left, it's a Google Group at http://jobsthatareleft.wordpress.com/

described by itself as "... the premier Democratic job bank, for all employment levels. This job bank has been created to assist all democrats in finding employment in between campaign cycles. All jobs are left-leaning, so add to this accordingly"

I get email job alerts from them daily. Maybe this will help some DUers find work.

a distribution warehouse here. The Jacksonville Port (third largest in the nation) is expanding and a new lithium ion battery manufacturing plant (Saft)is close to opening. (500+ jobs)

I'm lucky. My job is very specilized and one of those "can't do without" type. My layoffs were only for a few weeks.

I love this idea.

:toast:

I'm disabled so looking for a job is out of the question for me but that doesn't mean I don't care about the ones who are unemployed.
rec

DU members who are HIRING!

An actual DU jobs board. Hire those people who are in need from DU.

I was led to the Career help and Advice Group forum, not that it did any good.

Scuba

To get into that forum.

When people are unemployed, they cannot come up with money to donate.

Obama is giving $36 billion in loans for nuclear energy?

I will kindly suggest this is misdirection of our energy and resources!!

We all know what has to be done in this country --

obviously Obama knows as well --

And the appropriate actions continue to fail to come!

RTD is hiring skilled and unskilled workers to finish the lightrail network here in denver. Should be about a 6 year stint. I think this is great because the unskilled workers will learn a trade.

Google RTD for more information.

:thumbsup:

than willing to pay for another DUer to have access to the group or the one that already exists Career Help and Advice Group http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=362.

Anybody else willing to join me in providing for other members who can't afford it right now?

I can help folks in the NY Tri State areas to look for work.

K and R

tried to start one in the wisconsin forum and it just did not have legs
but something is needed.

n/t

Crait's List, part-time jobs at Target & PetSmart with no benefits, and discontinued unemployment benefits are NOT the solution. DU is loaded with folks who both need and can offer decent jobs.

I can't even begin to imagine how the moderators would be able to eliminate scams and all kind of nasty privacy stuff. The workload would be enormous for the administrators with no hope of being 100% right. It's not any different than letting people ask for money. It happens here occasionally but only with the admins consent.
Maybe a "looking for work" forum but you would have to be completely on your own when you reply to the PM's offering work.

I've been lucky to have acquired a job some 4 months ago (after a YEAR on unemployment) but I strongly empathize with the millions of jobless who have just lost all their benefits and the millions more each and every month who will continue to do so.

I predict that joblessness will be THE great issue of this election and may well be a turning poing for the Democrats, for better or worse, this November

Here's the link explaining how to get this baby going: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=206x10

Congrats! It looks like you're well on your way to an employment discussion forum!

in this economy. I can't think of a better place for like minded people to connect.
Some of us might help each other come up with ideas for providing services and
starting small businesses.

Great idea!

I agree.

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