Dear Friend,

CAN YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT TO
COME TO WASHINGTON DC ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD
TO DEMAND A REAL JOBS PROGRAM AND MONEY FOR JOBS NOT FOR WAR
AT THE WHITE HOUSE JOB SUMMIT?

fill in commitment form here

Under the pressure of depression-level joblessness, the president has called a "White House Summit on Jobs." There are more than 30 million people in the US who are either without a job or need a better job. At this point, however, the summit is just a talk shop -- the government is not considering any serious job proposals. That is why we have to be there as part of a growing struggle to make the government get serious about the jobs crisis. While it's a good sign that attention is finally being focused on the dire need for living wage jobs, words are not enough. The people need more than talk.

The Bail Out the People Movement is asking you if you can make a commitment to come to Washington DC on December 3rd to protest outside the White House and call for a real jobs program that would ensure that all who need a job get one. Furthermore, we demand that the trillions that have been used to bail out the banks, as well as the trillions that have been poured into the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan, be instead used to create living wage jobs.

Our protest at the White House Jobs Summit is part of a growing national campaign for a serious national jobs program that is as ambitious in size and scope as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs program during the depression of the 1930's that put nearly 9 million people to work. Not only do we demand a job for all, but we demand that the types of jobs created serve and improve our communities and our planet.

If you live in the New York Tri-State area, we can help arrange transportation to Washington on December 3rd. We expect that it will be a full day trip departing from New York early in the morning and returning that evening. If you are traveling to Washington on December 3 from another part of the country, let us know and we will tell you if others are coming from that region with whom you can travel. We're asking participants to make a donation towards the cost of transportation, but no one, regardless of their ability to make a donation, will be denied the opportunity to come to Washington if they want to do so.

The most important thing is that you LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY IF YOU CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT TO GO TO WASHINGTON ON DECEMBER 3RD so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Bail Out the People Movement
Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St. #5C
New York, NY 10011
212.633.6646
www.BailOutPeople.org
Email: bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml