Passage of HR3149 and bills in state legislatures are just one set of tools on our path toward removing employment credit checks from the corporate bag of employment discrimination. Long in coming, we’ve now been given a new tool with which to fight back and it’s called litigation in the court system as well as suits brought by the EEOC. When you fight you fight with the weapons you have! To lay it all out, we’ll start with a suit against the University of Miami that is part of a larger effort outside of the University of Miami suit. For background on the suit, we provide the following link:
http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/bad-credit-cost-woman-job-at-university-of-miam/
Of course if you are a member of the minority community and have been discriminated against based upon employment credit checks or know someone that has, we’d like for you to use the link below to join the suit. Just as importantly, if not more, please reach out to any member of the minority community anywhere in America that has been discriminated against based on employment credit checks and have them make contact with this NY law firm as well. The more suits we can bring, the more monetary damage and legal precedents we can deliver the greater our chances of removing employment credit reports from the corporate bag of employment discrimination tools. It’s your job to seek out and find all the litigants possible and send them the link below to join the at large pool of potential litigants. Please get this link out to everyone in America.
http://www.creditdiscrimination.net/index.php?option=com_proforms&jid=1&cid=-1&Itemid=89
If you are a white American like we happen to be, we know what you’re thinking and you couldn’t be more WRONG! When our fellow Americans who are members of the minority community win this case and others to follow we all win! We’re in this together, but it’s only the minority community that are currently protected by law against employment discrimination based upon credit reports because of Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. Because black Americans and Hispanics have a far higher rate of poor credit, they can sue because employment credit checks disproportionately discriminate against them based upon their race.
We address race issues head on and don’t pull punches. Race is just part of reality. It is horribly unfair that white Americans can join this suit, but in regard to litigation within the court system we can only fight with the laws that are passed and on the books and with the exception of 4 states no laws exist to protect everyone. It sucks, it’s unfair and we’re going to change that . . . trust us!
Please do not allow race to divide all Americans impacted by employment credit checks. We’re in this fight together and based upon the laws on the books we need our fellow Americans from the minority community to take the lead. So find them, reach out to them and get the link above into their hands.
Once these suits are won by the minority community, we all win. Here’s why: now way, now how, just not possible will blacks and Hispanics be the only people excluded from employment credit checks!!!!! It’s not going to happen!!!!! Assuming that white America didn’t first take the streets in violence, the law suits based upon "reverse discrimination" will be coming out the wood work so fast and furious that every unemployed lawyer in America will suddenly have a job. Every company in America will get hammered by white Americans and the media will fan the fire to a point where companies will finally say “pulling employment credit reports on anyone of any race is just not worth the legal trouble”. . . the law suits, the outrage and the loss of revenues from “pissed off” Americans of all races that refuse to do business with companies pulling credit reports will finally turn the tide in our favor – not to mention that all this activity will drive passage of HR3149 as well.
This specific suit and all that will follow are a win for all Americans of all races!!! Do not allow division within our ranks! Stand solid with members from the minority community by encouraging them to join in the litigation.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Activity Request and Update
Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?
While many, if not most, political pundits would project that the November 2nd vote lessened our chances of passage of HR3149 in Congress, we see it another way. It made numbers supporting the measure and passion from those numbers far more important. We’ve been out of touch with you for about a month while we’ve been monitoring events and the new political landscape.
It quickly became obvious that nothing was going to happen during the current lame duck session of Congress simply because the agenda was way too overcrowded, so we punted on outreach efforts to Congress and will pick that effort back up after the first of the year. In the meantime, we need you to recruit new members to our group. While we are far from being alone in our fight, our group numbers count for a variety of reasons such as: 1) quick mobilization without the internal political constraints of the many organizations on board for passage and 2) a true grass roots voice of common citizens untainted by some political party agenda. With that said, however, SIZE matters. We need tens of thousands of new members in order to speak with volume when the new Congress convenes in January.
Luckily we’ve been given a great new tool to use in both recruiting and advocacy. It is a series of four separate articles that we were privileged to consult upon. Written by Brenda Krueger Huffman, a new member to our group, who opened the door on a segment of Americans with ruined credit impacted by employment credit checks to long ignored. While much coverage has been focused on the minority and lower socioeconomic aspects of the issue, this is the first series we’re aware of that has highlighted the previous upper income tier of Americans of all races that are being impacted by employment credit checks.
While we have supported our membership in the minority community with outreach efforts specifically geared toward that segment of our membership, the opportunity to highlight a far larger segment of our membership has until now been difficult. With this series of articles, we intend to both reach and call out the previous upper income segment of Americans that have been hiding in the shadows in shame. If you fall into that category, you need to realize that you’ve done nothing for yourself and our cause by lurking in the shadows due to pride. With the Great Recession all stigma to a bad credit report have been removed, but until you make your voice heard, we’ll continue to struggle with passage of legislation to remove employment credit checks from the arsenal of workplace discrimination.
Toward that end, we’d like for all our group members to distribute the entire series of articles, beginning with first one linked below, in an effort to bring more members to our group and more importantly bring more people out of the shadows.
Please share the linked article as follows with every American you know:
http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/21264
Within at least two of the articles, if not all, Brenda has conveniently provided a link to to our FB group, but add it as well to all your verbiage in your recruiting efforts: with a “join our FB PAG at: http://groups.to/h.r.3149 in addition to providing our groups e-mail address at hr3149@hotmail.com with instructions for them to type ”sign me up” in the subject line in order to join our at large group outside of FB. We will shoot you a link to the second, third and fourth articles in the series as they become agailable. Now is the time to push hard to educate and recruit! To slightly paraphrase the words of John Paul Jones “we have just begun to fight!”
In other Employment Credit Check Discrimination News
The EEOC already has one suit under way in Baltimore in regard to employment credit checks and we’re monitoring that suit as it progresses through the courts. In addition, the EEOC recently held hearings in October in regard to employment credit checks and ALL indications are that they are taking the issue very seriously and many more suits will follow the one they have underway in Baltimore. Don't hesitate to make contact with the EEOC with even the hint of the issue employment credit checks being used against you.
Sue, Sue and Sue Some More!
Cases against the use of employment credit checks are gaining in both number and momentum all across the nation. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a related case this session and individuals across the nation are opening their own cases as well. The University of Miami is being sued and we’re awaiting word as to whether that case may give wind to a larger class action suit that we can join in so stay tuned. This could be a HUGE development!
Pay Attention to Your State
While at some point as many as 16 states have considered legislation, New Jersey, Ohio and the District of Columbia seem to be the hottest at the moment. While our limited time and resources preclude us heavily supporting legislation on a state by state basis, we will commit to act as a clearing house for amassing people to work within states and sharing general state based information on our group FB page.
Individually, we’d love to hear from all residents within North Carolina who would like to get involved with initiating a state push. If you’d like to get involved just let us know.
Just Keep Fighting!!!!
The key is to fight, fight, fight in every way, at ever level of government whether it is at the national level, the state level or in the court system. We will win this battle and every day, unfortunatly, the numbes of credit distressed Americans say we will win, but NOT if they continue to hide in the shadows. Stand up, be proud, be strong and fight like hell for your right to work free from workplace discrimination. We will not be starved by the profits and greed of the big three credit bureaus and the politicans they have bought off and bribed.
While many, if not most, political pundits would project that the November 2nd vote lessened our chances of passage of HR3149 in Congress, we see it another way. It made numbers supporting the measure and passion from those numbers far more important. We’ve been out of touch with you for about a month while we’ve been monitoring events and the new political landscape.
It quickly became obvious that nothing was going to happen during the current lame duck session of Congress simply because the agenda was way too overcrowded, so we punted on outreach efforts to Congress and will pick that effort back up after the first of the year. In the meantime, we need you to recruit new members to our group. While we are far from being alone in our fight, our group numbers count for a variety of reasons such as: 1) quick mobilization without the internal political constraints of the many organizations on board for passage and 2) a true grass roots voice of common citizens untainted by some political party agenda. With that said, however, SIZE matters. We need tens of thousands of new members in order to speak with volume when the new Congress convenes in January.
Luckily we’ve been given a great new tool to use in both recruiting and advocacy. It is a series of four separate articles that we were privileged to consult upon. Written by Brenda Krueger Huffman, a new member to our group, who opened the door on a segment of Americans with ruined credit impacted by employment credit checks to long ignored. While much coverage has been focused on the minority and lower socioeconomic aspects of the issue, this is the first series we’re aware of that has highlighted the previous upper income tier of Americans of all races that are being impacted by employment credit checks.
While we have supported our membership in the minority community with outreach efforts specifically geared toward that segment of our membership, the opportunity to highlight a far larger segment of our membership has until now been difficult. With this series of articles, we intend to both reach and call out the previous upper income segment of Americans that have been hiding in the shadows in shame. If you fall into that category, you need to realize that you’ve done nothing for yourself and our cause by lurking in the shadows due to pride. With the Great Recession all stigma to a bad credit report have been removed, but until you make your voice heard, we’ll continue to struggle with passage of legislation to remove employment credit checks from the arsenal of workplace discrimination.
Toward that end, we’d like for all our group members to distribute the entire series of articles, beginning with first one linked below, in an effort to bring more members to our group and more importantly bring more people out of the shadows.
Please share the linked article as follows with every American you know:
http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/21264
Within at least two of the articles, if not all, Brenda has conveniently provided a link to to our FB group, but add it as well to all your verbiage in your recruiting efforts: with a “join our FB PAG at: http://groups.to/h.r.3149 in addition to providing our groups e-mail address at hr3149@hotmail.com with instructions for them to type ”sign me up” in the subject line in order to join our at large group outside of FB. We will shoot you a link to the second, third and fourth articles in the series as they become agailable. Now is the time to push hard to educate and recruit! To slightly paraphrase the words of John Paul Jones “we have just begun to fight!”
In other Employment Credit Check Discrimination News
The EEOC already has one suit under way in Baltimore in regard to employment credit checks and we’re monitoring that suit as it progresses through the courts. In addition, the EEOC recently held hearings in October in regard to employment credit checks and ALL indications are that they are taking the issue very seriously and many more suits will follow the one they have underway in Baltimore. Don't hesitate to make contact with the EEOC with even the hint of the issue employment credit checks being used against you.
Sue, Sue and Sue Some More!
Cases against the use of employment credit checks are gaining in both number and momentum all across the nation. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a related case this session and individuals across the nation are opening their own cases as well. The University of Miami is being sued and we’re awaiting word as to whether that case may give wind to a larger class action suit that we can join in so stay tuned. This could be a HUGE development!
Pay Attention to Your State
While at some point as many as 16 states have considered legislation, New Jersey, Ohio and the District of Columbia seem to be the hottest at the moment. While our limited time and resources preclude us heavily supporting legislation on a state by state basis, we will commit to act as a clearing house for amassing people to work within states and sharing general state based information on our group FB page.
Individually, we’d love to hear from all residents within North Carolina who would like to get involved with initiating a state push. If you’d like to get involved just let us know.
Just Keep Fighting!!!!
The key is to fight, fight, fight in every way, at ever level of government whether it is at the national level, the state level or in the court system. We will win this battle and every day, unfortunatly, the numbes of credit distressed Americans say we will win, but NOT if they continue to hide in the shadows. Stand up, be proud, be strong and fight like hell for your right to work free from workplace discrimination. We will not be starved by the profits and greed of the big three credit bureaus and the politicans they have bought off and bribed.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Activity Request: "Thank You" to HFS hearing participants
After a long break in activity requests, we have to pick it up again to utilize the upcoming lame duck session of Congress to push for passage. Although, passage is supported by at least 80+ percent of Americans, we’re not going to insult your intelligence by pretending that if we don’t get this passed during the upcoming lame duck session, that begins on Nov. 15, that our odds of passage won’t fall dramatically after the first of the year. Quite frankly, as far a Federal protection throughout the entire nation, it may be now or never due to the "new political realities" in Washington.
We’ll start out with the outreach below to members of the House Financial Services Committee that seemed to favor passage during their questioning at the hearing on Sep. 23 (click on the “archived webcast” link off the following linked page to watch the hearing if you wish http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1355 then we’ll follow-up with other efforts in the coming days.
We’ve provided the following sample letter just as a point of reference because contacting most of these House members is not as straight forward as simply sending an e-mail in most cases. The point is to make contact via phone, fax and e-mail if we’ve provided a contact point. If we didn’t provide one or more of the three contact vehicles, below the sample letter, it simply means it wasn’t an available option.
[Sample letter/e-mail/message]
Thank you for your participation in the recent House hearing on HR3149. From your astute questions and comments it’s obvious that you get it. Employment Credit Checks are a worthless employment evaluation tool that only serve to put revenues into the coffers of the big three credit bureaus as well as unscrupulous resellers of credit information for purposes of employment evaluation.
No study, no data, no validation whatsoever exists for any rational human being to conclude that the personal credit information of a U.S. citizen, provided to any company or H.R. representative, delivers any value as an employment screening tool. The “living beyond one’s means” bar used in testimony during the hearing to block passage of HR3149 applies to at least 85 percent of all Americans. By that standard, only 15 percent of Americans should be allowed to work.
Fair, Isaac and Company (FICO) reported in April, 43.4 million of America's 170 million consumers had credit scores below 599. That's more than 25 percent of all consumers in this country, up from the pre-recession tally of 15 percent, or 25.5 million consumers. FICO's benchmark for "bad credit" is anything under 650, and anything under 700 is considered a "moderate credit" number. The number of recession-damaged Americans with credit scores under 700 is now 75 million, or 44.1 percent of consumers.
The problem is that HR3149 has been discussed long enough. Your fellow citizens are literally dying in some cases due to this draconian, heartless application of a credit report “scarlet letter” upon anyone with damaged credit that needs to work to put food on the table. The house has had two hearings, the EEOC has had a hearing, at least 4 states now have laws barring use of credit reports in employment (at least 16 other states are considering legislation) and the issue is finally receiving a significant amount of media coverage that’s long overdue.
Now, during the upcoming lame duck session of Congress, is the time for passage. If Nov. 2 said anything, it said one thing loud and clear: jobs and the economy are just about the only thing Americans really care about, but for two years Congress focused on anything but jobs and the economy. HR3149 is about jobs! It simply allows people to work, hold a job and earn a living.
Please refocus and make jobs and the economy the top priority by working to pass HR3149 during the upcoming lame duck session. At least 80+ percent of the American people support passage and it’s time that Congress listened to the people for a change.
You’ve had the hearings, you know that almost half of the entire U.S. population is impacted, you’re aware, or very well should be, that upwards of 30 million Americans are under or unemployed and you just got a clear undeniable message from voters that jobs and the economy are priority No. 1!
If not during the lame duck session then when — you know the answer to that question. It’s now or never to stand up for the people and do the right thing by passing HR3149 before the window of opportunity is closed for good.
[End Sample letter/e-mail/message]
House Contacts:
Chairman Gutierrez, IL
202.225.8203 in D.C. or 773.342.0774 in IL
e-Mail: fsdwebupdate@mail.house.gov
or
https://forms.house.gov/gutierrez/webforms/zip_auth.shtm
Congressman Steve Cohen, TN
1005 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
PH: 202.225.3265
FX: 202.225.5663
Congressman Mel Watt, NC
2304 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3312
PH: 202.225.1510
FX: 202.225.1512
Congressman Al Green, TX
236 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4309
PH: 202.225-7508
FX: 202.225-2947
Congressman David Scott, GA
225 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PH: 202.225.2939
FX: 202.225.4628
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, CA
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PH: (202) 225-2201
FX: (202) 225-7854
We’ll start out with the outreach below to members of the House Financial Services Committee that seemed to favor passage during their questioning at the hearing on Sep. 23 (click on the “archived webcast” link off the following linked page to watch the hearing if you wish http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1355 then we’ll follow-up with other efforts in the coming days.
We’ve provided the following sample letter just as a point of reference because contacting most of these House members is not as straight forward as simply sending an e-mail in most cases. The point is to make contact via phone, fax and e-mail if we’ve provided a contact point. If we didn’t provide one or more of the three contact vehicles, below the sample letter, it simply means it wasn’t an available option.
[Sample letter/e-mail/message]
Thank you for your participation in the recent House hearing on HR3149. From your astute questions and comments it’s obvious that you get it. Employment Credit Checks are a worthless employment evaluation tool that only serve to put revenues into the coffers of the big three credit bureaus as well as unscrupulous resellers of credit information for purposes of employment evaluation.
No study, no data, no validation whatsoever exists for any rational human being to conclude that the personal credit information of a U.S. citizen, provided to any company or H.R. representative, delivers any value as an employment screening tool. The “living beyond one’s means” bar used in testimony during the hearing to block passage of HR3149 applies to at least 85 percent of all Americans. By that standard, only 15 percent of Americans should be allowed to work.
Fair, Isaac and Company (FICO) reported in April, 43.4 million of America's 170 million consumers had credit scores below 599. That's more than 25 percent of all consumers in this country, up from the pre-recession tally of 15 percent, or 25.5 million consumers. FICO's benchmark for "bad credit" is anything under 650, and anything under 700 is considered a "moderate credit" number. The number of recession-damaged Americans with credit scores under 700 is now 75 million, or 44.1 percent of consumers.
The problem is that HR3149 has been discussed long enough. Your fellow citizens are literally dying in some cases due to this draconian, heartless application of a credit report “scarlet letter” upon anyone with damaged credit that needs to work to put food on the table. The house has had two hearings, the EEOC has had a hearing, at least 4 states now have laws barring use of credit reports in employment (at least 16 other states are considering legislation) and the issue is finally receiving a significant amount of media coverage that’s long overdue.
Now, during the upcoming lame duck session of Congress, is the time for passage. If Nov. 2 said anything, it said one thing loud and clear: jobs and the economy are just about the only thing Americans really care about, but for two years Congress focused on anything but jobs and the economy. HR3149 is about jobs! It simply allows people to work, hold a job and earn a living.
Please refocus and make jobs and the economy the top priority by working to pass HR3149 during the upcoming lame duck session. At least 80+ percent of the American people support passage and it’s time that Congress listened to the people for a change.
You’ve had the hearings, you know that almost half of the entire U.S. population is impacted, you’re aware, or very well should be, that upwards of 30 million Americans are under or unemployed and you just got a clear undeniable message from voters that jobs and the economy are priority No. 1!
If not during the lame duck session then when — you know the answer to that question. It’s now or never to stand up for the people and do the right thing by passing HR3149 before the window of opportunity is closed for good.
[End Sample letter/e-mail/message]
House Contacts:
Chairman Gutierrez, IL
202.225.8203 in D.C. or 773.342.0774 in IL
e-Mail: fsdwebupdate@mail.house.gov
or
https://forms.house.gov/gutierrez/webforms/zip_auth.shtm
Congressman Steve Cohen, TN
1005 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
PH: 202.225.3265
FX: 202.225.5663
Congressman Mel Watt, NC
2304 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3312
PH: 202.225.1510
FX: 202.225.1512
Congressman Al Green, TX
236 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4309
PH: 202.225-7508
FX: 202.225-2947
Congressman David Scott, GA
225 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PH: 202.225.2939
FX: 202.225.4628
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, CA
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PH: (202) 225-2201
FX: (202) 225-7854
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Very Important Activity Request!!!!
We’re moving forward and the use of employment credit checks has never had more news coverage in a single week than with this week’s hearing by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). For some of the coverage simply click on the links we’ve provided on our group wall, but the following link was the most high profile and the best we’ve seen: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/23/AR2010102300314.html?hpid=topnews
Please send the writer an e-mail at singletarym@washpost.com to thank her for the article and encourage her to provide more reporting on this critical issue. Coverage in the WP is as good as it gets for our cause and we need more of it. You may also want to include some of the information contained in the sample letter below.
Please Mail Five Letters this Week to the EEOC
Ms. Jacqueline Berrien, Chair
Mr. Stuart J. Ishimaru, Commissioner
Ms. Constance S. Barker, Commissioner
Ms. Chai Feldblum, Commissioner
Ms. Victoria A. Lipnic, Commissioner
Mailing Address for All Five Letters:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
131 M Street, NEWashington, DC 20507
[Sample Letter]
As evidenced by your hearing last week on the use of credit checks within the employment arena, I’m encouraged that you’re finally beginning to address the issue. With that said however, I’m alarmed at two issues: 1) The massive amount of misinformation being pumped into the discussion and 2) The lack of concern and sense of immediate need on the part of the commission. I’ll address the misinformation first:
* This is NOT some small insignificant problem impacting only a few black and Hispanic people.
* Fair, Isaac and Company (FICO) just reported that as of April 2010, 43.4 million of America's 170 million consumers had credit scores below 599. That's more than 25 percent of all consumers in this country, up from the pre-recession tally of 15 percent, or 25.5 million consumers. FICO's benchmark for "bad credit" is anything under 650, and anything under 700 is considered a "moderate credit" number. The number of recession-damaged Americans with credit scores under 700 is now 75 million, or 44.1 percent of consumers.
* Virtually no one within any company or corporate HR department has any training, yardstick or clue as to how and by what measure to evaluate a consumer credit report.
* Virtually no one has or ever will be given any opportunity to “explain their credit report” (nor should they have to with an employer). The employer simply moves on to the next applicant . . . job filled.
* Virtually no company ever follows the current laws in place whereby an applicant is notified they were denied employment due to their credit report. The company just moves on to the next candidate and says they were a “better fit.” The law is not monitored or enforced by the FTC contrary to their testimony.
With just some of the misinformation corrected above, please consider first and foremost that employment credit checks are a gross invasion of an individual’s privacy. Everyone in America should be allowed to work if they are willing and ZERO evidence exists to validate or document that someone with poor credit is more likely to steal or commit fraud within the workplace. The “living beyond one’s means” criteria used in testimony does not hold water, because that describes 85% of the American population. Do you live beyond your means?
In closing, the issue of employment credit checks is the No. 1 issue in America along with jobs and the economy. With damaged credit, in America, you don’t work anywhere that pays a living wage . . . end of story. With 30+ million un or under-employed Americans someone out of the five applicants for every job will still have good credit and they get the job . . . it’s just that simple!
Imagine for a moment, if you can, that you don’t have a big job at the EEOC and you are well qualified to work but have damaged credit. You have two children at home that need to be clothed and fed and everywhere you apply to work you’re turned down because of your credit report. Children are starving and people are committing suicide because of employment credit checks . . . that’s the reality!
So when you conclude that the issue “needs more research and study” ask yourself how many more children will starve and how many more people will die while you are studying the issue? Ask yourself if “more study” would be acceptable if it was your children starving?
Employment credit checks are one thing and one thing ONLY: a money making revenue stream for the big three credit bureaus. They have no validity or relevance in the workplace whatsoever. No research or evidence backs up their use within the employment arena. More than 75 million of your fellow Americans don’t have the time or luxury for “more study.” There is no food on the table, there are rags on the backs of our children, our homes are being taken away and our cars are being repossessed . . . all so the big three credit bureaus can make a buck and for no other reason whatsoever.
I ask you to move and move quickly with any further “study” to end this horrible practice that should have never been allowed to begin in the first place. Now, however, during the Great Recession it is more important than ever before.
[End Sample Letter]
Please send the writer an e-mail at singletarym@washpost.com to thank her for the article and encourage her to provide more reporting on this critical issue. Coverage in the WP is as good as it gets for our cause and we need more of it. You may also want to include some of the information contained in the sample letter below.
Please Mail Five Letters this Week to the EEOC
Ms. Jacqueline Berrien, Chair
Mr. Stuart J. Ishimaru, Commissioner
Ms. Constance S. Barker, Commissioner
Ms. Chai Feldblum, Commissioner
Ms. Victoria A. Lipnic, Commissioner
Mailing Address for All Five Letters:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
131 M Street, NEWashington, DC 20507
[Sample Letter]
As evidenced by your hearing last week on the use of credit checks within the employment arena, I’m encouraged that you’re finally beginning to address the issue. With that said however, I’m alarmed at two issues: 1) The massive amount of misinformation being pumped into the discussion and 2) The lack of concern and sense of immediate need on the part of the commission. I’ll address the misinformation first:
* This is NOT some small insignificant problem impacting only a few black and Hispanic people.
* Fair, Isaac and Company (FICO) just reported that as of April 2010, 43.4 million of America's 170 million consumers had credit scores below 599. That's more than 25 percent of all consumers in this country, up from the pre-recession tally of 15 percent, or 25.5 million consumers. FICO's benchmark for "bad credit" is anything under 650, and anything under 700 is considered a "moderate credit" number. The number of recession-damaged Americans with credit scores under 700 is now 75 million, or 44.1 percent of consumers.
* Virtually no one within any company or corporate HR department has any training, yardstick or clue as to how and by what measure to evaluate a consumer credit report.
* Virtually no one has or ever will be given any opportunity to “explain their credit report” (nor should they have to with an employer). The employer simply moves on to the next applicant . . . job filled.
* Virtually no company ever follows the current laws in place whereby an applicant is notified they were denied employment due to their credit report. The company just moves on to the next candidate and says they were a “better fit.” The law is not monitored or enforced by the FTC contrary to their testimony.
With just some of the misinformation corrected above, please consider first and foremost that employment credit checks are a gross invasion of an individual’s privacy. Everyone in America should be allowed to work if they are willing and ZERO evidence exists to validate or document that someone with poor credit is more likely to steal or commit fraud within the workplace. The “living beyond one’s means” criteria used in testimony does not hold water, because that describes 85% of the American population. Do you live beyond your means?
In closing, the issue of employment credit checks is the No. 1 issue in America along with jobs and the economy. With damaged credit, in America, you don’t work anywhere that pays a living wage . . . end of story. With 30+ million un or under-employed Americans someone out of the five applicants for every job will still have good credit and they get the job . . . it’s just that simple!
Imagine for a moment, if you can, that you don’t have a big job at the EEOC and you are well qualified to work but have damaged credit. You have two children at home that need to be clothed and fed and everywhere you apply to work you’re turned down because of your credit report. Children are starving and people are committing suicide because of employment credit checks . . . that’s the reality!
So when you conclude that the issue “needs more research and study” ask yourself how many more children will starve and how many more people will die while you are studying the issue? Ask yourself if “more study” would be acceptable if it was your children starving?
Employment credit checks are one thing and one thing ONLY: a money making revenue stream for the big three credit bureaus. They have no validity or relevance in the workplace whatsoever. No research or evidence backs up their use within the employment arena. More than 75 million of your fellow Americans don’t have the time or luxury for “more study.” There is no food on the table, there are rags on the backs of our children, our homes are being taken away and our cars are being repossessed . . . all so the big three credit bureaus can make a buck and for no other reason whatsoever.
I ask you to move and move quickly with any further “study” to end this horrible practice that should have never been allowed to begin in the first place. Now, however, during the Great Recession it is more important than ever before.
[End Sample Letter]
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Tuesday/Wednesday Media Outreach
Daily KOS http://www.dailykos.com/contactus
Crooks and Liars crooksandliars@gmail.com
The Progressive https://www.progressive.org/contact
The Nation http://www.thenation.com/node/399
Voice of America voanews@voanews.com
The American Prospect letters@prospect.org
ZCom zmag@zmag.org
Free Press
jsilver@freepress.net
caaron@freepress.net
cclement@freepress.net
jkelsey@freepress.net
Real Clear Politics.com
letters@realclearpolitics.com
john@realclearpolitics.com
tom@realclearpolitics.com
AOL News newsroom@aolnews.com
Political Wire
tips@politicalwire.com
CQ Politics cqpolitics2@cq.com
Crooks and Liars crooksandliars@gmail.com
The Progressive https://www.progressive.org/contact
The Nation http://www.thenation.com/node/399
Voice of America voanews@voanews.com
The American Prospect letters@prospect.org
ZCom zmag@zmag.org
Free Press
jsilver@freepress.net
caaron@freepress.net
cclement@freepress.net
jkelsey@freepress.net
Real Clear Politics.com
letters@realclearpolitics.com
john@realclearpolitics.com
tom@realclearpolitics.com
AOL News newsroom@aolnews.com
Political Wire
tips@politicalwire.com
CQ Politics cqpolitics2@cq.com
Monday/Tuesday Media Outreach
Michael Moore.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com/submit
The American Prospect
letters@prospect.org
The Daily Howler bobsomerby@hotmail.com
Call the Ed Schultz Show between daily between 12 – 3 EST877.934.6833
During the show between 12 – 3 EST use the following contact link/e-mail to flood the show with e-mails: ed@edschultzshow.com and use http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/ before and after the show.
Mother Jones scoop@motherjones.com
Washington Independent
alowrey@washingtonindependent.com
mlillis@washingtonindependent.com
awiener@washingtonindependent.com
rhartman@washingtonindependent.com
Tavis Smiley Show http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/tell.html
The Grio info@thegrio.com
Roland Martin roland@rolandsmartin.com
Santita Jackson Show santita@wvon.com
The Root readerfeedback@theroot.com
The Raw Story
ron@rawstory.com
larisa@rawstory.com
sahilkapur@gmail.com
The Real News Network
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/contact-us
Counter Punch counterpunch@counterpunch.org
Drudge Report drudge@drudgereport.com
Salon
readermail@salon.com
jwalsh@salon.com
klauerman@salon.com
Truthdig feedback@truthdig.com
Freepress.org truth@freepress.org
Open Left christopher_j_bowers@yahoo.com
NYT, Paul Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html
Washington Post http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/ezra+klein/
http://www.michaelmoore.com/submit
The American Prospect
letters@prospect.org
The Daily Howler bobsomerby@hotmail.com
Call the Ed Schultz Show between daily between 12 – 3 EST877.934.6833
During the show between 12 – 3 EST use the following contact link/e-mail to flood the show with e-mails: ed@edschultzshow.com and use http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/ before and after the show.
Mother Jones scoop@motherjones.com
Washington Independent
alowrey@washingtonindependent.com
mlillis@washingtonindependent.com
awiener@washingtonindependent.com
rhartman@washingtonindependent.com
Tavis Smiley Show http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/tell.html
The Grio info@thegrio.com
Roland Martin roland@rolandsmartin.com
Santita Jackson Show santita@wvon.com
The Root readerfeedback@theroot.com
The Raw Story
ron@rawstory.com
larisa@rawstory.com
sahilkapur@gmail.com
The Real News Network
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/contact-us
Counter Punch counterpunch@counterpunch.org
Drudge Report drudge@drudgereport.com
Salon
readermail@salon.com
jwalsh@salon.com
klauerman@salon.com
Truthdig feedback@truthdig.com
Freepress.org truth@freepress.org
Open Left christopher_j_bowers@yahoo.com
NYT, Paul Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html
Washington Post http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/ezra+klein/
Sunday/Monday Media Outreach
ABC News
Fire off a less than 2000 character note to Mr. Stephanopoulus via the following link: http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3052660
Associated PressGeneral Questions and Comments: info@ap.org
ABC News General e-mail: netaudr@abc.com
CBS NewsCBS Evening News: evening@cbsnews.com
The Early Show: earlyshow@cbs.com
Use the following link and hit: CBS Evening News http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php
CNBC
mailto:%20info@cnbc.com
Fox News Channel
comments@foxnews.com
FOX Report with Shepard Smith: Foxreport@foxnews.com
MSNBC/NBC
Hardball with Chris Matthews: hardball@msnbc.com
Obermann Countdown@msnbc.com
Maddow rachel@msnbc.com
MSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough: joe@msnbc.com
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: nightly@nbc.com
NBC News Today: today@nbc.com
PBS The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: mailto:onlineda@newshour.org
Select “Submit a Story Idea” http://help.npr.org/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx
The Los Angeles Times Readers' Representative: readers.rep@latimes.com
CNN, CNN Website, etc.
caffertyfile@cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11b.html?
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.am.html
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?24
The New York Times
Write to the news editors: news-tips@nytimes.com
The Editors
executive-editor@nytimes.com
managing-editor@nytimes.com
The Newsroom bizday@nytimes.com
metro@nytimes.com
washington@nytimes.com
public@nytimes.com
USA Today Letters to the Editor: editor@usatoday.com
The Washington PostLetters to the Editor: letters@washpost.com
Huffington Post
huffpolitics@huffingtonpost.com
The Daily Democrat
pamela@thedemocraticdaily.com
Common Dreams
editor@commondreams.org
The Progressive
https://www.progressive.org/contact
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/node/399
Fire off a less than 2000 character note to Mr. Stephanopoulus via the following link: http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3052660
Associated PressGeneral Questions and Comments: info@ap.org
ABC News General e-mail: netaudr@abc.com
CBS NewsCBS Evening News: evening@cbsnews.com
The Early Show: earlyshow@cbs.com
Use the following link and hit: CBS Evening News http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php
CNBC
mailto:%20info@cnbc.com
Fox News Channel
comments@foxnews.com
FOX Report with Shepard Smith: Foxreport@foxnews.com
MSNBC/NBC
Hardball with Chris Matthews: hardball@msnbc.com
Obermann Countdown@msnbc.com
Maddow rachel@msnbc.com
MSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough: joe@msnbc.com
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: nightly@nbc.com
NBC News Today: today@nbc.com
PBS The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: mailto:onlineda@newshour.org
Select “Submit a Story Idea” http://help.npr.org/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx
The Los Angeles Times Readers' Representative: readers.rep@latimes.com
CNN, CNN Website, etc.
caffertyfile@cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11b.html?
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.am.html
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?24
The New York Times
Write to the news editors: news-tips@nytimes.com
The Editors
executive-editor@nytimes.com
managing-editor@nytimes.com
The Newsroom bizday@nytimes.com
metro@nytimes.com
washington@nytimes.com
public@nytimes.com
USA Today Letters to the Editor: editor@usatoday.com
The Washington PostLetters to the Editor: letters@washpost.com
Huffington Post
huffpolitics@huffingtonpost.com
The Daily Democrat
pamela@thedemocraticdaily.com
Common Dreams
editor@commondreams.org
The Progressive
https://www.progressive.org/contact
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/node/399
Actitity Requests: Sunday through Wednesday
You’ve fought beside us this far and with a hearing Thursday we’ve broken through the enemy’s first line of defense. Tired, beleaguered and on empty stomachs we have to finish the fight with a massive media push between now and midnight on Tuesday. We know you want to cringe when you hear the words “media outreach,” but it’s our only weapon we have to tip the scales in our favor by shining light on the hearing and bringing more warriors to our cause. Otherwise Congress will sell us out. While the outreach lists we’re providing are long, it’s just a mindless copy, paste, edit, send numbers game . . . the more we send the better our chances of media coverage and success. Think big, think homeruns and think success. A couple more weeks or so and we’ll either have a law or be able to take a long break. We’re thinking law, we thinking homerun NOW! So let’s get started . . .
PS Don’t forget to watch the hearing on Thursday at 10 via the following link and give us your feedback. We’ll evaluate and react accordingly . . .
http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1355
[Sample Letter/e-Mail]
Subj. Line: Please Cover the Issue and Hearing on Thursday!
The ONLY issue important to the overwhelming majority of Americans is the “Jobs and Economy” issue. Despite all the banter and political noise, the ONLY quick fix that can be accomplished with the simple stroke of a presidential pen is HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act. It simply allows highly qualified Americans the right to work by banning employment credit checks for most jobs. Without passage, extensions to unemployment insurance just delay an inevitable dead-end when benefits run out and any jobs created are out of reach for almost half of the entire U.S. workforce. The numbers as detailed in the following linked article don’t lie:
Truthout
http://www.truth-out.org/one-less-privacy-intrusion-bill-end-pre-employment-credit-checks63283
Against the overwhelming odds of vote buying via millions in PAC money from the big three credit bureaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 19 other business lobbying groups “we the people” with no money have moved the legislation forward to a hearing on Thursday at 10:00.
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3149, the Equal Employment for All Act
http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1355
Yes, hearings happen every day and this will not be news unless you make it news. Without YOU covering the hearing and the issue, HR3149 will never make it out of committee . . . it’s just that simple. Millions more of your fellow Americans will lose their homes, cars, dignity and their children will needlessly starve.
Lowly citizens with no money and many with no job have fought to somehow move the issue to a hearing. We’re fighting Goliath with pebbles and slingshots and without YOU we’ll be crushed under the corporate boot that has stolen our American democracy from the people. There is no issue more critical or more important to 75 million of your fellow citizens . . . please see to it that the issue is heard and the legislation is fast-tracked to passage by covering the hearing and the issue. Lives and livelihoods hang in the balance and ONLY YOU can tip the scale of justice to end the needless genocide brought about by this invasion of privacy and workplace discrimination.
[End Sample Letter]
Sunday/Monday Media Outreach
http://hr3149.blogspot.com/2010/09/sundays-media-outreach.html
Monday/Tuesday Media Outreach
http://hr3149.blogspot.com/2010/09/mondays-media-outreach.html
Tuesday/Wednesday Media Outreach
http://hr3149.blogspot.com/2010/09/tuesdays-media-outreach.html
PS Don’t forget to watch the hearing on Thursday at 10 via the following link and give us your feedback. We’ll evaluate and react accordingly . . .
http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1355
[Sample Letter/e-Mail]
Subj. Line: Please Cover the Issue and Hearing on Thursday!
The ONLY issue important to the overwhelming majority of Americans is the “Jobs and Economy” issue. Despite all the banter and political noise, the ONLY quick fix that can be accomplished with the simple stroke of a presidential pen is HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act. It simply allows highly qualified Americans the right to work by banning employment credit checks for most jobs. Without passage, extensions to unemployment insurance just delay an inevitable dead-end when benefits run out and any jobs created are out of reach for almost half of the entire U.S. workforce. The numbers as detailed in the following linked article don’t lie:
Truthout
http://www.truth-out.org/one-less-privacy-intrusion-bill-end-pre-employment-credit-checks63283
Against the overwhelming odds of vote buying via millions in PAC money from the big three credit bureaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 19 other business lobbying groups “we the people” with no money have moved the legislation forward to a hearing on Thursday at 10:00.
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3149, the Equal Employment for All Act
http://financialservices.house.gov/Hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1355
Yes, hearings happen every day and this will not be news unless you make it news. Without YOU covering the hearing and the issue, HR3149 will never make it out of committee . . . it’s just that simple. Millions more of your fellow Americans will lose their homes, cars, dignity and their children will needlessly starve.
Lowly citizens with no money and many with no job have fought to somehow move the issue to a hearing. We’re fighting Goliath with pebbles and slingshots and without YOU we’ll be crushed under the corporate boot that has stolen our American democracy from the people. There is no issue more critical or more important to 75 million of your fellow citizens . . . please see to it that the issue is heard and the legislation is fast-tracked to passage by covering the hearing and the issue. Lives and livelihoods hang in the balance and ONLY YOU can tip the scale of justice to end the needless genocide brought about by this invasion of privacy and workplace discrimination.
[End Sample Letter]
Sunday/Monday Media Outreach
http://hr3149.blogspot.com/2010/09/sundays-media-outreach.html
Monday/Tuesday Media Outreach
http://hr3149.blogspot.com/2010/09/mondays-media-outreach.html
Tuesday/Wednesday Media Outreach
http://hr3149.blogspot.com/2010/09/tuesdays-media-outreach.html
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Activity Requests: URGENT! We Need YOU!!!!!
After months and months of writing and rewriting the following linked article we finally got it published!!! It could not have come at a better time when we needed it more than ever. I cuts through much of the double-speak and delivers our message loud and clear! PLEASE HELP US get the message out to more readers and to members of Congress, etc..
Truthout:
http://www.truth-out.org/one-less-privacy-intrusion-bill-end-pre-employment-credit-checks63283
1) Please add your comments to the linked article above . . . as many as possible and pass the article link to everyone you know.
2) Click on the Newsvine link below and vote on the article as many times as allowed. Just keep voting it up! This will make it rise in readership and get the word out to more people. Make comments as well . . .
http://hr3149.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/15/5117914-t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-one-less-privacy-intrusion-bill-to-end-pre-employment-credit-checks
3) E-Mail, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House: use link below, add name, e-mail address, zip, copy a link to the article and paste into form, then add a note for her to simply read the article and move the legislation forward for a hearing now! Flood her and just keep sending it over and over and over!
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/
4) Financial Services Committee e-Mail: Copy a link to the article and paste into the form, then add a note for the committee to simply read the article and move the legislation forward for a hearing now! Flood them and just keep sending it over and over and over!
http://financialservices.house.gov/contact/contact.shtml
5) Print the article and FAX it to Barney Frank as many times as possible at
(202) 225-0182 !!!!! Just keep faxing!!!!!
For Barney Frank Constituents (ONLY) use following e-mail link to copy a link to the article and e-mail it to him over and over:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
6) Use the link below to contact the White House . . . copy a link to the article, add your comments and ask him to push for passage of the bill.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact?utm_source=email75&utm_medium=footer&utm_campaign=economy
7) Contact Your Members of Congress
Find Your 9 Digit Zip Code before you begin, you’ll need your full 9 digit zip code. Simply go to the link below and plug in your address and it will provide your full 9 digit zip.
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
7A) Contact YOUR member(s) the House of Representatives
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Simply click on the link above and follow the steps, select your state, enter your full 9 digit zip code, click “contact my representative,” answer the security question, plug in your personal information, paste in a link to the article and ask them to read it a pass the bill then hit “send message.” If you can, please print a copy and FAX it to them as well . . .
7B) Contact YOUR Senator(s)
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Simply click on the link above, choose your state, choose your senator(s), go to their website(s) and navigate their website looking for “contact info.” then follow their steps, paste in a link to the article and ask them to read it a pass the bill and hit “send.” If you can, please print a copy and FAX it to them as well . . .
8) Nominate the Article for a Sidney Award
Please take the time, using the link below, to nominate the article for a Sidney Award which if selected will give the article much, much more exposure to more people.
http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/nominations-1
9) Please shoot a linked copy of the article out to all your FB friends, e-mail friends and paste on your FB wall. Ask them to join the cause, our FB group, etc.
Truthout:
http://www.truth-out.org/one-less-privacy-intrusion-bill-end-pre-employment-credit-checks63283
1) Please add your comments to the linked article above . . . as many as possible and pass the article link to everyone you know.
2) Click on the Newsvine link below and vote on the article as many times as allowed. Just keep voting it up! This will make it rise in readership and get the word out to more people. Make comments as well . . .
http://hr3149.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/15/5117914-t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-one-less-privacy-intrusion-bill-to-end-pre-employment-credit-checks
3) E-Mail, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House: use link below, add name, e-mail address, zip, copy a link to the article and paste into form, then add a note for her to simply read the article and move the legislation forward for a hearing now! Flood her and just keep sending it over and over and over!
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/
4) Financial Services Committee e-Mail: Copy a link to the article and paste into the form, then add a note for the committee to simply read the article and move the legislation forward for a hearing now! Flood them and just keep sending it over and over and over!
http://financialservices.house.gov/contact/contact.shtml
5) Print the article and FAX it to Barney Frank as many times as possible at
(202) 225-0182 !!!!! Just keep faxing!!!!!
For Barney Frank Constituents (ONLY) use following e-mail link to copy a link to the article and e-mail it to him over and over:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
6) Use the link below to contact the White House . . . copy a link to the article, add your comments and ask him to push for passage of the bill.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact?utm_source=email75&utm_medium=footer&utm_campaign=economy
7) Contact Your Members of Congress
Find Your 9 Digit Zip Code before you begin, you’ll need your full 9 digit zip code. Simply go to the link below and plug in your address and it will provide your full 9 digit zip.
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
7A) Contact YOUR member(s) the House of Representatives
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Simply click on the link above and follow the steps, select your state, enter your full 9 digit zip code, click “contact my representative,” answer the security question, plug in your personal information, paste in a link to the article and ask them to read it a pass the bill then hit “send message.” If you can, please print a copy and FAX it to them as well . . .
7B) Contact YOUR Senator(s)
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Simply click on the link above, choose your state, choose your senator(s), go to their website(s) and navigate their website looking for “contact info.” then follow their steps, paste in a link to the article and ask them to read it a pass the bill and hit “send.” If you can, please print a copy and FAX it to them as well . . .
8) Nominate the Article for a Sidney Award
Please take the time, using the link below, to nominate the article for a Sidney Award which if selected will give the article much, much more exposure to more people.
http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/nominations-1
9) Please shoot a linked copy of the article out to all your FB friends, e-mail friends and paste on your FB wall. Ask them to join the cause, our FB group, etc.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Contact Your Member of the House
1) Contact Your Member of the House
DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL as well as e-mail your member of the House to push for a hearing on HR3149 NOW! These people work for YOU and YOU pay them $170 K per year so make them earn it. Don't just leave a message or speak to some clerk or underling, demand to speak to YOUR representative personally (even if you don't it still makes more of a point).
They’re asking for your vote in a few weeks, so ask them what have they done for you in regard to passing HR3149? Hold them accountable and don’t allow them to say it’s in committee and they have no recourse to help . . . ask them to pick up the phone and contact Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi to demand a hearing NOW!
Find Your 9 Digit Zip Code before you begin, you’ll need your full 9 digit zip code. Simply go to the link below and plug in your address and it will provide your full 9 digit zip.
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Contact YOUR member the House of Representatives
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Simply click on the link above and follow the steps, select your state, enter your full 9 digit zip code, click “contact my representative,” answer the security question, plug in your personal information, paste in your letter, edit to suit you and hit “send message.”
[Sample e-Mail]
In just a few short weeks I’m going to vote, but since I’ve written and called repeatedly for passage of HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act and have yet to see a mark-up hearing . . . my vote is up in the air. Jobs and the economy, of which HR3149 is a huge part, is the No. 1 issue in America and HR3149 has sat stalled because of PAC money and lobbyists for more than a year. With all due respect that’s NOT democracy by 90 percent of the people who support passage and it’s completely unacceptable! Corporations are NOT citizens . . .
More than 75 million Americans are barred from changing jobs for higher pay or locked out of the workplace entirely because their credit scores are below 700. This is not some minor issue, it’s a national crisis and it demands attention before you break to campaign and ask for my vote. Please pick-up the phone and call Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi and demand a mark-up hearing so America can get back to work. Almost half the entire U.S. workforce is now impacted by credit scores, but with five applicants for every job that exist the discrimination will just continue as long as it is allowed by law. Haven’t enough Americans lost their homes and cars already? Why would you condone throwing even more Americans out into the streets just so the credit bureaus can make a buck off selling credit reports?
You’re my representative in the House so I have no choice but to hold you responsible in November if there is no mark-up hearing before you break to campaign. Please, please, please do the right thing for the American people and contact Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi today to demand a hearing on HR3149. I’ll be voting based upon your ability to get this accomplished and appreciate your efforts. The time has come to do what’s right for the American workforce. Humans can't just sit and wait on food, let’s get this done before more children needlessly go hungry.
[End sample e-Mail]
DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL as well as e-mail your member of the House to push for a hearing on HR3149 NOW! These people work for YOU and YOU pay them $170 K per year so make them earn it. Don't just leave a message or speak to some clerk or underling, demand to speak to YOUR representative personally (even if you don't it still makes more of a point).
They’re asking for your vote in a few weeks, so ask them what have they done for you in regard to passing HR3149? Hold them accountable and don’t allow them to say it’s in committee and they have no recourse to help . . . ask them to pick up the phone and contact Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi to demand a hearing NOW!
Find Your 9 Digit Zip Code before you begin, you’ll need your full 9 digit zip code. Simply go to the link below and plug in your address and it will provide your full 9 digit zip.
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Contact YOUR member the House of Representatives
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Simply click on the link above and follow the steps, select your state, enter your full 9 digit zip code, click “contact my representative,” answer the security question, plug in your personal information, paste in your letter, edit to suit you and hit “send message.”
[Sample e-Mail]
In just a few short weeks I’m going to vote, but since I’ve written and called repeatedly for passage of HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act and have yet to see a mark-up hearing . . . my vote is up in the air. Jobs and the economy, of which HR3149 is a huge part, is the No. 1 issue in America and HR3149 has sat stalled because of PAC money and lobbyists for more than a year. With all due respect that’s NOT democracy by 90 percent of the people who support passage and it’s completely unacceptable! Corporations are NOT citizens . . .
More than 75 million Americans are barred from changing jobs for higher pay or locked out of the workplace entirely because their credit scores are below 700. This is not some minor issue, it’s a national crisis and it demands attention before you break to campaign and ask for my vote. Please pick-up the phone and call Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi and demand a mark-up hearing so America can get back to work. Almost half the entire U.S. workforce is now impacted by credit scores, but with five applicants for every job that exist the discrimination will just continue as long as it is allowed by law. Haven’t enough Americans lost their homes and cars already? Why would you condone throwing even more Americans out into the streets just so the credit bureaus can make a buck off selling credit reports?
You’re my representative in the House so I have no choice but to hold you responsible in November if there is no mark-up hearing before you break to campaign. Please, please, please do the right thing for the American people and contact Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi today to demand a hearing on HR3149. I’ll be voting based upon your ability to get this accomplished and appreciate your efforts. The time has come to do what’s right for the American workforce. Humans can't just sit and wait on food, let’s get this done before more children needlessly go hungry.
[End sample e-Mail]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Activity Request: Ask the AFL-CIO . . .
We know this is our third activity request in one week and we’re aware that frequent messages do NOT go over well, but we’re in the trenches fighting with all we have and this was an opportunity to good to pass up. The AFL-CIO is officially on board supporting HR3149, but to date they have not lifted one finger, that we’re aware of, to support passage - even though we have tried repeatedly on this end to connect. They have the type of numbers and clout in Washington to go up against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce so let’s use the linked opportunity below to ask AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka why there has been no support to date and ask him to please support the legislation. If you are a member of the AFL-CIO or any labor union, please use this opportunity to bring your union to the table to fight for HR3149.
Submit your HR3149 Question:
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/askofficers/index.cfm
[Sample Question – Please DO NOT just copy this question, paste and send, but instead edit to reflect your personality and perspectives . . . in other words we do NOT want this to look like what it is ;-) a.k.a. not spontaneous] 50 Words MAX
Why no support for passage of HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act? According to FICO more than 75 million Americans now have a credit score under 700 a.k.a. “bad credit.” With 30 million people under or unemployed there is no issue more important than outlawing workplace credit checks.
[End Sample Question]
PS If we can bring the AFL-CIO strong to the table we can cease sending activity requests and just kick-back and watch this legislation pass ;-) Please try!
Submit your HR3149 Question:
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/askofficers/index.cfm
[Sample Question – Please DO NOT just copy this question, paste and send, but instead edit to reflect your personality and perspectives . . . in other words we do NOT want this to look like what it is ;-) a.k.a. not spontaneous] 50 Words MAX
Why no support for passage of HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act? According to FICO more than 75 million Americans now have a credit score under 700 a.k.a. “bad credit.” With 30 million people under or unemployed there is no issue more important than outlawing workplace credit checks.
[End Sample Question]
PS If we can bring the AFL-CIO strong to the table we can cease sending activity requests and just kick-back and watch this legislation pass ;-) Please try!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
3) Activity Requests: Madam Speaker
Madam Speaker Outreach Efforts . . .
We have to use this week’s window to turn up the heat. Please continue to hammer Nancy Pelosi with your calls and e-mails. Call the following number and use the e-mail contact form over and over and over . . . then repeat! We have to flood these contact points NOW. Please help!!!!!
(202) 225-0100
E-Mail Ms. Pelosi:
Speaker of the House, link below, add name, e-mail address, zip, copy sample letter below and paste into form, edit to suit you and send.
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/
[Sample Letter]
HR3149 is a Silver Bullet for November and Employment
How can America go into the voting booth in November knowing that a jobs and economy fix has been sitting stalled in the House, Financial Services Committee for more than a year? It’s called HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act and it would allow 75+ million Americans to get a job or change jobs. According to FICO more than 75 million Americans now have a credit score under 700. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half fall under a FICO score of 700. Even SHRM who is opposed to HR3149 admits this discrimination is being used in 70+ percent of all businesses. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. As many as 26 million Americans who are under or unemployed are now locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs because of their credit reports. The numbers are now approaching the level of national catastrophe if you happen to be among the under or unemployed. Passage is good for jobs, good for the economy and good for the Democrats in November if and only if it is fast-tracked and passed. All informed Americas know that bribes via PAC money are buying off committee members to keep the legislation stalled. Please encourage Committee Chairman Barney Frank to schedule a mark-up hearing now and then push for fast tracking passage of HR3149.
More than 75 million voters are watching and waiting as they lose their jobs, homes, cars and their children go hungry because they are locked out of the workplace via employment credit check discrimination. Please give them a reason to vote for the party in charge by passing HR3149.
[End Sample Letter]
We have to use this week’s window to turn up the heat. Please continue to hammer Nancy Pelosi with your calls and e-mails. Call the following number and use the e-mail contact form over and over and over . . . then repeat! We have to flood these contact points NOW. Please help!!!!!
(202) 225-0100
E-Mail Ms. Pelosi:
Speaker of the House, link below, add name, e-mail address, zip, copy sample letter below and paste into form, edit to suit you and send.
http://speaker.house.gov/contact/
[Sample Letter]
HR3149 is a Silver Bullet for November and Employment
How can America go into the voting booth in November knowing that a jobs and economy fix has been sitting stalled in the House, Financial Services Committee for more than a year? It’s called HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act and it would allow 75+ million Americans to get a job or change jobs. According to FICO more than 75 million Americans now have a credit score under 700. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half fall under a FICO score of 700. Even SHRM who is opposed to HR3149 admits this discrimination is being used in 70+ percent of all businesses. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. As many as 26 million Americans who are under or unemployed are now locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs because of their credit reports. The numbers are now approaching the level of national catastrophe if you happen to be among the under or unemployed. Passage is good for jobs, good for the economy and good for the Democrats in November if and only if it is fast-tracked and passed. All informed Americas know that bribes via PAC money are buying off committee members to keep the legislation stalled. Please encourage Committee Chairman Barney Frank to schedule a mark-up hearing now and then push for fast tracking passage of HR3149.
More than 75 million voters are watching and waiting as they lose their jobs, homes, cars and their children go hungry because they are locked out of the workplace via employment credit check discrimination. Please give them a reason to vote for the party in charge by passing HR3149.
[End Sample Letter]
Sunday, September 5, 2010
1) Outreach e-Mail to all friends, family and acquaintances
Outreach e-Mail to all friends, family and acquaintances
Please copy the sample e-mail below into your e-mail software, edit to suit you and send to every single American you know. We need thousands and thousands of Americans to respond.
[Sample e-Mail]
SUBJ: Please Support Your Fellow Americans Right to Work!
Please join with your fellow Americans in the fight to pass HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act that would make it illegal for employers to use YOUR personal credit report to hire and fire. At present 75+ million Americans have FICO Scores less than 700 (a.k.a. "bad credit") and are locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs due to discrimination via workplace credit checks. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half of the entire workforce fall under a FICO score of 700. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. How can someone fix their credit report if they can’t get a job or change jobs for better pay? It’s a catch 22 with no way out and it is wrong!
During the second most horrible economic disaster in our history, employers are increasing the use of employment credit checks instead of decreasing them. Currently at least 70 percent of all employers are hiring and firing based upon an American’s personal credit report. You know it’s wrong, but it won’t end without your help. Barney Frank, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee where the legislation has been stalled for more than a year has thus far refused to schedule a mark-up hearing. He is quoted as saying that he “doesn’t know if it’s a big enough priority” to waste his time on. Please let him know that it is part of the jobs and economy fix and it is PRIORITY I for every single American. Please call him via all the numbers below several times per day every single day until he schedules a mark-up hearing. Time is running out, we must act NOW to protect the American workforce that has been mutilated by this economy. Please stand up for your fellow Americans in their time of need.
Rep. Barney Frank
(202) 224-3121 (Congressional Switchboard)
(617) 332-3920
(508) 999-6462
(508) 822-4796
(202) 225–4247 Financial Services Committee
Financial Services Committee e-Mail
http://financialservices.house.gov/contact/contact.shtml
PLEASE CALL EVERY NUMBER AS MANY TIMES PER DAY AS POSSIBLE AND SEND AS MANY E-MAILS AS POSSIBLE . . . DON’T STOP UNTIL WE HAVE A HEARING AND WIN THIS BATTLE.
The big three credit bureaus, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 19 other corporate business groups are bribing congress to kill this legislation. don’t allow our democracy to be bought, support the will of 90 percent of the people that support hr3149.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN YOU KNOW!!!!
[End Sample e-Mail]
Please copy the sample e-mail below into your e-mail software, edit to suit you and send to every single American you know. We need thousands and thousands of Americans to respond.
[Sample e-Mail]
SUBJ: Please Support Your Fellow Americans Right to Work!
Please join with your fellow Americans in the fight to pass HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act that would make it illegal for employers to use YOUR personal credit report to hire and fire. At present 75+ million Americans have FICO Scores less than 700 (a.k.a. "bad credit") and are locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs due to discrimination via workplace credit checks. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half of the entire workforce fall under a FICO score of 700. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. How can someone fix their credit report if they can’t get a job or change jobs for better pay? It’s a catch 22 with no way out and it is wrong!
During the second most horrible economic disaster in our history, employers are increasing the use of employment credit checks instead of decreasing them. Currently at least 70 percent of all employers are hiring and firing based upon an American’s personal credit report. You know it’s wrong, but it won’t end without your help. Barney Frank, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee where the legislation has been stalled for more than a year has thus far refused to schedule a mark-up hearing. He is quoted as saying that he “doesn’t know if it’s a big enough priority” to waste his time on. Please let him know that it is part of the jobs and economy fix and it is PRIORITY I for every single American. Please call him via all the numbers below several times per day every single day until he schedules a mark-up hearing. Time is running out, we must act NOW to protect the American workforce that has been mutilated by this economy. Please stand up for your fellow Americans in their time of need.
Rep. Barney Frank
(202) 224-3121 (Congressional Switchboard)
(617) 332-3920
(508) 999-6462
(508) 822-4796
(202) 225–4247 Financial Services Committee
Financial Services Committee e-Mail
http://financialservices.house.gov/contact/contact.shtml
PLEASE CALL EVERY NUMBER AS MANY TIMES PER DAY AS POSSIBLE AND SEND AS MANY E-MAILS AS POSSIBLE . . . DON’T STOP UNTIL WE HAVE A HEARING AND WIN THIS BATTLE.
The big three credit bureaus, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 19 other corporate business groups are bribing congress to kill this legislation. don’t allow our democracy to be bought, support the will of 90 percent of the people that support hr3149.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN YOU KNOW!!!!
[End Sample e-Mail]
2) Rep. Barney Frank Siege!!!
Rep. Barney Frank Siege!!!
As noted in our friends and family e-mail outreach, Barney isn’t sure at this moment that Americans being starved, losing their homes and their children going hungry due to employment credit checks is “a big enough priority” to schedule a mark-up hearing. He did however think that taking $25 K in 2008 from the big three credit bureaus was a priority . . .
PLEASE let him know IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that "we the people" are priority one in America and a mark-up hearing on HR3149 NOW is our top priority! You simply cannot call enough times, or send enough messages 10 times a day or more if that’s what it takes! This is probably our only chance, so let’s don’t blow it by being apathetic and complacent. Act now or regret if forever! It’s been a long march to get to this stage so let’s engage with everything we can muster to demand a mark-up hearing NOW!
Rep. Barney Frank
(202) 224-3121 (Congressional Switchboard) Ring these numbers off the hook!!!!!
(617) 332-3920
(508) 999-6462
(508) 822-4796
For Barney Frank Constituents (ONLY) use following e-mail link: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
(202) 225–4247 Financial Services Committee
Financial Services Committee e-Mail (Flood them with e-mails!!!!! every single day!!!!!)
http://financialservices.house.gov/contact/contact.shtml
[Sample Letter]
ATTN: Barney Frank
Half of the Entire Workforce is Not a Priority?
According to FICO more than 75 million Americans now have a credit score under 700. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half fall under a FICO score of 700. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. As many as 26 million Americans who are under or unemployed are now locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs because of their credit reports. The numbers are now approaching the level of national catastrophe if you happen to be among the under or unemployed.
If my information is correct you were quoted as saying that scheduling a mark-up hearing on HR3149 “may not be a big enough priority.” What on earth could be more important than food on people's tables? Please tell me my information is incorrect by scheduling a mark-up hearing after more than a year’s delay. This is a jobs and the economy issue and there is no other issue more important to the American people . . . especially with citizens walking into the voting booths in just a few short weeks.
Does Washington need to see the body bags before they will act to protect the American people? You simply can’t get a job in America without a stellar credit report and it’s not only the CFOs being checked as the credit bureaus would lead members of Congress believe. Even SHRM who is opposed to HR3149 admits the discrimination is being used in 70+ percent of all businesses. Believe it or not some babysitters now have to pass credit checks to get a job. The situation is completely out of control and the time is now to lift the boot of corporations off the neck of the people. Simply allow people to work . . . is that too much to ask?
On behalf of the American people, the children starving, the spouses and extended families, please schedule a mark-up hearing now on HR3149. Please work to fast track passage of a bill before more people lose their homes, cars and are thrown out into the streets. The days of corporate big brother violating the privacy of American citizens for the right to work must come to an end. Please immediately schedule a mark-up hearing!
[End Sample Letter]
As noted in our friends and family e-mail outreach, Barney isn’t sure at this moment that Americans being starved, losing their homes and their children going hungry due to employment credit checks is “a big enough priority” to schedule a mark-up hearing. He did however think that taking $25 K in 2008 from the big three credit bureaus was a priority . . .
PLEASE let him know IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that "we the people" are priority one in America and a mark-up hearing on HR3149 NOW is our top priority! You simply cannot call enough times, or send enough messages 10 times a day or more if that’s what it takes! This is probably our only chance, so let’s don’t blow it by being apathetic and complacent. Act now or regret if forever! It’s been a long march to get to this stage so let’s engage with everything we can muster to demand a mark-up hearing NOW!
Rep. Barney Frank
(202) 224-3121 (Congressional Switchboard) Ring these numbers off the hook!!!!!
(617) 332-3920
(508) 999-6462
(508) 822-4796
For Barney Frank Constituents (ONLY) use following e-mail link: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
(202) 225–4247 Financial Services Committee
Financial Services Committee e-Mail (Flood them with e-mails!!!!! every single day!!!!!)
http://financialservices.house.gov/contact/contact.shtml
[Sample Letter]
ATTN: Barney Frank
Half of the Entire Workforce is Not a Priority?
According to FICO more than 75 million Americans now have a credit score under 700. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half fall under a FICO score of 700. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. As many as 26 million Americans who are under or unemployed are now locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs because of their credit reports. The numbers are now approaching the level of national catastrophe if you happen to be among the under or unemployed.
If my information is correct you were quoted as saying that scheduling a mark-up hearing on HR3149 “may not be a big enough priority.” What on earth could be more important than food on people's tables? Please tell me my information is incorrect by scheduling a mark-up hearing after more than a year’s delay. This is a jobs and the economy issue and there is no other issue more important to the American people . . . especially with citizens walking into the voting booths in just a few short weeks.
Does Washington need to see the body bags before they will act to protect the American people? You simply can’t get a job in America without a stellar credit report and it’s not only the CFOs being checked as the credit bureaus would lead members of Congress believe. Even SHRM who is opposed to HR3149 admits the discrimination is being used in 70+ percent of all businesses. Believe it or not some babysitters now have to pass credit checks to get a job. The situation is completely out of control and the time is now to lift the boot of corporations off the neck of the people. Simply allow people to work . . . is that too much to ask?
On behalf of the American people, the children starving, the spouses and extended families, please schedule a mark-up hearing now on HR3149. Please work to fast track passage of a bill before more people lose their homes, cars and are thrown out into the streets. The days of corporate big brother violating the privacy of American citizens for the right to work must come to an end. Please immediately schedule a mark-up hearing!
[End Sample Letter]
3) Contact the Ed Schultz Show
Contact the Ed Schultz Show
Shultz has a huge audience and he was integral in getting the recent unemployment extension passed so we know he can do the job for HR3149. We just have to get him tuned in and talking . . . work the horn and the e-mails repeatedly to get him focused and moving on getting Barney Frank to schedule a mark-up hearing NOW!
Call the Ed Schultz Show between daily between 12 – 3 EST
877.934.6833
Use the e-mail addresses below daily to get Ed’s attention to work for a mark-up hearing and passage of HR3149.
During the show between 12 – 3 EST use the following contact link/e-mail to flood the show with e-mails:
ed@edschultzshow.com
Before and after the show times, please use the
http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/
vern@edschultzshow.com
wendyjoschultz@yahoo.com
[Sample Letter]
Dear Ed:
Please help your fellow Americans by forcing Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee to finally schedule a mark-up hearing on HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act. For most jobs, the legislation would make it illegal for employers to use an American’s personal credit report to hire and fire. Now, after Wall Street’s greed destroyed the economy, more than 75 million Americans have credit scores under 700 and the number is growing higher faster than ever. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half of the current workforce fall under a FICO score of 700. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. As many as 26 million Americans who are under or unemployed are now locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs because of their credit reports. The numbers are now approaching the level of national catastrophe if you happen to be among the under or unemployed.
Bad credit means no job and no job equals bad credit. There is simply no way out without passage of HR3149 and there is no way to get a mark-up hearing scheduled without your audience and help. Please have members of your audience contact Barney Frank now to demand that he schedule a mark-up hearing and stop stalling he legislation.
Rep. Barney Frank
(202) 224-3121 (Congressional Switchboard)
[End Sample e-mail]
Shultz has a huge audience and he was integral in getting the recent unemployment extension passed so we know he can do the job for HR3149. We just have to get him tuned in and talking . . . work the horn and the e-mails repeatedly to get him focused and moving on getting Barney Frank to schedule a mark-up hearing NOW!
Call the Ed Schultz Show between daily between 12 – 3 EST
877.934.6833
Use the e-mail addresses below daily to get Ed’s attention to work for a mark-up hearing and passage of HR3149.
During the show between 12 – 3 EST use the following contact link/e-mail to flood the show with e-mails:
ed@edschultzshow.com
Before and after the show times, please use the
http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/
vern@edschultzshow.com
wendyjoschultz@yahoo.com
[Sample Letter]
Dear Ed:
Please help your fellow Americans by forcing Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee to finally schedule a mark-up hearing on HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act. For most jobs, the legislation would make it illegal for employers to use an American’s personal credit report to hire and fire. Now, after Wall Street’s greed destroyed the economy, more than 75 million Americans have credit scores under 700 and the number is growing higher faster than ever. With only 139 million Americans currently employed, it means that more than half of the current workforce fall under a FICO score of 700. More than 26 percent of Americans have suffered a period of unemployment since 2007 and many of these Americans have taken a pay cut to become reemployed. As many as 26 million Americans who are under or unemployed are now locked out of the workplace or barred from changing jobs because of their credit reports. The numbers are now approaching the level of national catastrophe if you happen to be among the under or unemployed.
Bad credit means no job and no job equals bad credit. There is simply no way out without passage of HR3149 and there is no way to get a mark-up hearing scheduled without your audience and help. Please have members of your audience contact Barney Frank now to demand that he schedule a mark-up hearing and stop stalling he legislation.
Rep. Barney Frank
(202) 224-3121 (Congressional Switchboard)
[End Sample e-mail]
Sunday, August 29, 2010
What Are Our Chances?
Right now our chances of getting HR3149 out of committee and passed are about 50/50. It’s being hotly debated within the Financial Services Committee and we’re right on the cusp of having it scheduled for a mark-up hearing. If we can get it to a mark-up hearing our chances go way, way up!
We need help, we need more groups beyond the 30 or so that are officially on board behind the cause because some of the groups we have are small and most are passive. The opposition in organized and ready to strike with thousands of employees who will write, call etc. to stop passage so we must do our part to bring more fighters to our cause via groups with numbers, contacts, etc. This week’s outreach effort is intense and heavy with lots of contact points in an effort to bring more troops to our side going into the battle. We simply have to bring more of these groups to the battlefield or we’re doomed.
So please get your letters out this week to bring more warriors into the fight and don’t forget to recruit new members to our group. Stand side by side and fight to defeat greed and to remove the corporate boot off the neck of the American people!!!
We need help, we need more groups beyond the 30 or so that are officially on board behind the cause because some of the groups we have are small and most are passive. The opposition in organized and ready to strike with thousands of employees who will write, call etc. to stop passage so we must do our part to bring more fighters to our cause via groups with numbers, contacts, etc. This week’s outreach effort is intense and heavy with lots of contact points in an effort to bring more troops to our side going into the battle. We simply have to bring more of these groups to the battlefield or we’re doomed.
So please get your letters out this week to bring more warriors into the fight and don’t forget to recruit new members to our group. Stand side by side and fight to defeat greed and to remove the corporate boot off the neck of the American people!!!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Let’s Get Them Talking!!!!
We’ve been remiss in addressing the talk radio outlets for far too long, but the reason why is somewhat complex. Even though HR3149 is a populist issue with support of 90 percent of Americans, some on the right have been resistant and slow to come to the table. That is starting to change as evidenced by a conversation we had this week with the office of one of our two Senators, a Republican who called us. He's leaning toward supporting a watered down version of HR3149, but we advised that's NOT going to cut it. Nonetheless, rest assured that this battle for passage of HR3149 is just over the horizon and Congress is well aware of the issue no matter what your members may tell you. They are ALL aware of it, but they are trying to figure out a way to keep the money that’s been stuffed in their pockets to defeat it without getting voted out of office in November. If they vote with the money, we're going to do everything in our power to remove them from office.
Our goal this week is to get the talk radio outlets moving their mouths with a solution for something instead of endless banter of left, right hate mongering. The activity requests Monday thru Thursday are just a starting point for you. Please do a simple Google search by typing in “Talk Radio” and then type in the name of your city and or state. Then start calling and writing . . . this is a numbers game and 99 percent about effort and only one percent about being some type of activist genius. Please put forth some effort . . . at the Federal level to pass nationwide protection, this upcoming shot previous to November is the best shot we may ever have. After November, if something were to get passed our chances of any real legislation with teeth dim greatly.
Our goal this week is to get the talk radio outlets moving their mouths with a solution for something instead of endless banter of left, right hate mongering. The activity requests Monday thru Thursday are just a starting point for you. Please do a simple Google search by typing in “Talk Radio” and then type in the name of your city and or state. Then start calling and writing . . . this is a numbers game and 99 percent about effort and only one percent about being some type of activist genius. Please put forth some effort . . . at the Federal level to pass nationwide protection, this upcoming shot previous to November is the best shot we may ever have. After November, if something were to get passed our chances of any real legislation with teeth dim greatly.
Activity Requests: Thursday
Simply use the Talk Radio Outreach letter you created on Monday and hit the contact points below:
jim@wnir.com
phil@wnir.com
slakefield@wor710.com
http://900amwurd.com/contact-us/
wxei@radio.fm
condace.pressley@coxradio.com
jim@wnir.com
phil@wnir.com
slakefield@wor710.com
http://900amwurd.com/contact-us/
wxei@radio.fm
condace.pressley@coxradio.com
Activity Request(s): Wednesday
Simply use the Talk Radio Outreach letter you created on Monday and hit the contact points below:
leigh@nytalkradio.net
staff@oraclebroadcasting.com
programming@radiosandysprings.com
http://www.wabcradio.com/contactus.asp
bcarl@wcbm.com
news@wibc.com
leigh@nytalkradio.net
staff@oraclebroadcasting.com
programming@radiosandysprings.com
http://www.wabcradio.com/contactus.asp
bcarl@wcbm.com
news@wibc.com
Activity Request(s): Tuesday . . .
Simply use the Talk Radio Outreach letter you created on Monday and hit the contact points below:
alltalkradio@gmail.com
souza@freethoughtradio.com
http://www.green960.com/pages/contact.html
manager@kconlineradio.com
http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?id=456314
http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=53214004afb5
alltalkradio@gmail.com
souza@freethoughtradio.com
http://www.green960.com/pages/contact.html
manager@kconlineradio.com
http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?id=456314
http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=53214004afb5
Activity Requests: Monday
[Note: As always any sample messages, letters, etc. that we provide are just that, “samples.” The samples are just what we’re sending out from this end and you are strongly encouraged to use your own judgment, voice and perspectives. Our prose, tone and approach can always be improved upon and quite frankly a good mix of perspectives is better than following our samples verbatim. We don’t do messaging for the group (nor do we aspire to) or ever speak for the group, but instead merely facilitate our members’ ability to speak at once for more power and volume. If you’re a “professional communicator” or would like to help with recruiting, research, administration, etc. shoot us a note and we’ll be happy to get you involved. There is no lack of work to be done.]
Talk Radio Outreach
Simply copy the sample letter below, jump down to the contact points below the sample letter, paste, edit to suit you or write a letter of your own, paste and send. Please do include the linked articles at the top of the sample letter to validate the issue.
[Sample Letter]
FICO Scores Drop to New Lows
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/credit-scores-sink-to-new_n_642616.html
Bankruptcy Filings Highest Since 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38744083/from/toolbar
Fidelity Sees Record Number Raid their IRAs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38783832/ns/business-your_retirement/
What does all the above news really mean? One simple thing: half of America can’t get hired or change jobs for better pay. Please connect the dots and report the story that until HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act is passed by Congress, the American people will needlessly lose their homes and their cars while their children slowly starve to death. When you include the direct impact on families and potential impact on extended families; no single issue in America cries out more for a solution than workplace discrimination based on credit reports. FICO estimates that 35 percent of Americans have a credit score below 650 which they estimate that is 70+ million Americans, but anything under a score of 700 is considered “bad credit.” The real number of Americans with bad credit is closer to 100 million who are now second class citizens without the right to work. If these people don’t have a job, they don’t get one and if they have a job it not only jeopardizes them losing it, but it also means that they can’t change jobs for better pay to fix their credit report.
George Orwell’s world of big brother has arrived but it’s not the government that took over, instead a secret FICO software program now literally determines whether you live of die. Who benefits from the practice? The big three credit bureaus, their employees, their stockholders and them alone. Who loses? Everyone else . . . starting with the employers who purchase the worthless measurement tools because millions spent by the credit bureau on marketing materials have convinced them that a credit report indicates theft and fraud potential. They believe this lie even though, under oath during sworn testimony in Oregon where the practice is now illegal, a VP from TransUnion stated they have zero statistical evidence to validate that someone with bad credit is more prone to steal or commit fraud than anyone else. The one and only piece of documentation to back up their marketing claims is a study that indicates that people who “live beyond their means” are more prone to steal from their employer. Guess who that includes? At least 86 percent of the entire U.S. population . . .
This is about submission to the almighty corporation and handing total control over every aspect of someone’s life just for the right to work. Once they have your credit report the employer knows just how little they can get away with paying (in the rare event someone with bad credit is ever hired). With the worst economy since the Great Depression and more jobs moving to third world countries every day, the corporations are now in the driver’s seat like never before. Through PAC money, corporations now own Congress 100 percent and they are daring them to pass HR3149.
The bribes are working for one reason and one reason only, because of you, the American media, the so called free press now controlled by the corporations as well. The people have no money to bribe anyone in Congress, Wall Street greed saw to that. All we have is you and you alone. You’re our one and only hope. If you don’t cover the story and get the word out to the American people they can’t support the legislation in large numbers simply because they don’t know it exists. The practice of locking people out of the workplace based upon their credit report during this economy is wrong, it’s sick, it’s inhuman and amounts to class genocide albeit more slow than a bullet . . . America needs you to stand up for the people like we’ve never needed you before in our history. If not for the people with ruined credit, do it for their children, their spouses, their extended families and all generations of Americans that follow. If rumors are correct, a mark-up hearing on the bill (the first sign of any movement to date) is coming in just a few short weeks when Congress returns from recess so your coverage of HR3149 in a timely manner is critical.
[End Sample Letter]
Contact Info.: Talk Radio Outlets
RandyGorbman@wham1180.com
https://www.daveramsey.com/radio/email-dave/
jeffhenderson@clearchannel.com
760comments@kfmb.com
wgy@clearchannel.com
Click on link, select “News Tips”
http://www.850koa.com/pages/pop/feedback_pop.html
Talk Radio Outreach
Simply copy the sample letter below, jump down to the contact points below the sample letter, paste, edit to suit you or write a letter of your own, paste and send. Please do include the linked articles at the top of the sample letter to validate the issue.
[Sample Letter]
FICO Scores Drop to New Lows
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/credit-scores-sink-to-new_n_642616.html
Bankruptcy Filings Highest Since 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38744083/from/toolbar
Fidelity Sees Record Number Raid their IRAs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38783832/ns/business-your_retirement/
What does all the above news really mean? One simple thing: half of America can’t get hired or change jobs for better pay. Please connect the dots and report the story that until HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act is passed by Congress, the American people will needlessly lose their homes and their cars while their children slowly starve to death. When you include the direct impact on families and potential impact on extended families; no single issue in America cries out more for a solution than workplace discrimination based on credit reports. FICO estimates that 35 percent of Americans have a credit score below 650 which they estimate that is 70+ million Americans, but anything under a score of 700 is considered “bad credit.” The real number of Americans with bad credit is closer to 100 million who are now second class citizens without the right to work. If these people don’t have a job, they don’t get one and if they have a job it not only jeopardizes them losing it, but it also means that they can’t change jobs for better pay to fix their credit report.
George Orwell’s world of big brother has arrived but it’s not the government that took over, instead a secret FICO software program now literally determines whether you live of die. Who benefits from the practice? The big three credit bureaus, their employees, their stockholders and them alone. Who loses? Everyone else . . . starting with the employers who purchase the worthless measurement tools because millions spent by the credit bureau on marketing materials have convinced them that a credit report indicates theft and fraud potential. They believe this lie even though, under oath during sworn testimony in Oregon where the practice is now illegal, a VP from TransUnion stated they have zero statistical evidence to validate that someone with bad credit is more prone to steal or commit fraud than anyone else. The one and only piece of documentation to back up their marketing claims is a study that indicates that people who “live beyond their means” are more prone to steal from their employer. Guess who that includes? At least 86 percent of the entire U.S. population . . .
This is about submission to the almighty corporation and handing total control over every aspect of someone’s life just for the right to work. Once they have your credit report the employer knows just how little they can get away with paying (in the rare event someone with bad credit is ever hired). With the worst economy since the Great Depression and more jobs moving to third world countries every day, the corporations are now in the driver’s seat like never before. Through PAC money, corporations now own Congress 100 percent and they are daring them to pass HR3149.
The bribes are working for one reason and one reason only, because of you, the American media, the so called free press now controlled by the corporations as well. The people have no money to bribe anyone in Congress, Wall Street greed saw to that. All we have is you and you alone. You’re our one and only hope. If you don’t cover the story and get the word out to the American people they can’t support the legislation in large numbers simply because they don’t know it exists. The practice of locking people out of the workplace based upon their credit report during this economy is wrong, it’s sick, it’s inhuman and amounts to class genocide albeit more slow than a bullet . . . America needs you to stand up for the people like we’ve never needed you before in our history. If not for the people with ruined credit, do it for their children, their spouses, their extended families and all generations of Americans that follow. If rumors are correct, a mark-up hearing on the bill (the first sign of any movement to date) is coming in just a few short weeks when Congress returns from recess so your coverage of HR3149 in a timely manner is critical.
[End Sample Letter]
Contact Info.: Talk Radio Outlets
RandyGorbman@wham1180.com
https://www.daveramsey.com/radio/email-dave/
jeffhenderson@clearchannel.com
760comments@kfmb.com
wgy@clearchannel.com
Click on link, select “News Tips”
http://www.850koa.com/pages/pop/feedback_pop.html
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Activity Request(s): Thursday
Simply use the media outreach letter you created on Tuesday and continue forward . . .
Mother Jones
scoop@motherjones.com
The Raw Story
ron@rawstory.com
larisa@rawstory.com
sahilkapur@gmail.com
The Real News Network
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/contact-us
Counter Punch
counterpunch@counterpunch.org
Drudge Report
drudge@drudgereport.com
Salon
readermail@salon.com
jwalsh@salon.com
klauerman@salon.com
Truthdig
feedback@truthdig.com
Mother Jones
scoop@motherjones.com
The Raw Story
ron@rawstory.com
larisa@rawstory.com
sahilkapur@gmail.com
The Real News Network
http://www.therealnews.com/t2/contact-us
Counter Punch
counterpunch@counterpunch.org
Drudge Report
drudge@drudgereport.com
Salon
readermail@salon.com
jwalsh@salon.com
klauerman@salon.com
Truthdig
feedback@truthdig.com
Activity Requests: Wednesday
Simply use the outreach letter you created on Tuesday and continue forward . . .
Voice of America
voanews@voanews.com
The American Prospect
letters@prospect.org
ZCom
zmag@zmag.org
Free Press
jsilver@freepress.net
caaron@freepress.net
cclement@freepress.net
jkelsey@freepress.net
Voice of America
voanews@voanews.com
The American Prospect
letters@prospect.org
ZCom
zmag@zmag.org
Free Press
jsilver@freepress.net
caaron@freepress.net
cclement@freepress.net
jkelsey@freepress.net
Real Clear Politics.com
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Activity Requests: Tuesday
Media Outreach with More to Follow . . .
Just like anything else in life, effort breeds success and just like selling - getting media coverage is all about numbers. The more YOU pitch, the more coverage the issue gets and the more people are exposed to HR3149. In turn more voter and media heat is placed upon Congress. To succeed, we need a lot of heat and a high rate of member participation. This week' sample letter below, as with all letters, is but one perspective. What do we know? The point is to write and a good mix of unique perspectives, stories and approaches is best. Edit our verbiage or write your own and save it somewhere on your computer. Then scroll down to our list of media outlets and send, send, send!
We’re going to be doing tons of media outreach in the coming weeks, perhaps months, so save your letter so you don’t have to recreate the wheel over and over. Keep it simple and easy for you. Let’s get started, we have miles to travel but we've never been more close to our goal than now.
[Sample Letter]
When you include the direct impact on families and potential impact on extended families; no single issue in America cries out more for a solution than workplace discrimination based on credit reports. FICO estimates that 35 percent of Americans have a credit score below 650 which they estimate accounts for 70+ million Americans, but anything under a score of 700 is considered “bad credit.” The real number of Americans with bad credit is closer to 100 million Americans. If these people don’t have a job, they don’t get one and if they have a job it not only jeopardizes them losing it, but it also means that they can’t change jobs for better pay to fix their credit report. It’s like tying someone to a ship anchor then throwing them into the water to see if they can swim. Almost half of the entire U.S. workforce, according to the big three credit bureaus, is no longer trustworthy enough to allow through the front door of any business.
George Orwell’s world of big brother has arrived but it’s not the government that took over, instead a secret FICO software program now literally determines whether you live of die. Who benefits from the practice? The big three credit bureaus, their employees, their stockholders and them alone. Who loses? Everyone else . . . starting with the employers who purchase the worthless measurement tools because millions spent in credit bureau marketing materials have convinced them that a credit report indicates theft and fraud potential. They believe this lie even though, under oath during sworn testimony in Oregon where the practice is now illegal, a VP from TransUnion stated they have zero statistical evidence to validate that someone with bad credit is more prone to steal or commit fraud than anyone else. The one and only piece of documentation to back up their marketing claims is a study that indicates that people who “live beyond their means” are more prone to steal from their employer. Guess who that includes? At least 86 percent of the entire U.S. population . . . little old ladies, police officers, preachers and everyone else that ever bought something they didn’t really need or couldn’t afford. If this is the standard for who can work, only 14 percent of the entire population are trustworthy.
Employers lose out on wonderful highly motivated employees who in most instances after starving are more loyal than their dog at home. (Dogs are actually treated better because they are allowed to eat.) That’s the whole point and why a law to eliminate the practice now in the House of Representative is being so hotly contested by the corporations. This is about submission to the almighty corporation and handing over total control over every aspect of someone’s life just for the right to work. Once they have your credit report the employer knows just how little they can get away with paying (in the rare event someone with bad credit is ever hired). With the worst economy since the Great Depression and more jobs moving to third world countries every day, the corporations are now in the driver’s seat like never before. Bad enough they polluted the entire Gulf coastline and destroyed our economy because of their greed, but now they own our right to privacy? Through PAC money, corporations now own Congress 100 percent and they are daring them to pass HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act that would in most cases make discrimination based on credit reports illegal.
The bribes are working for one reason and one reason only, because of you, the American media, the so called free press now controlled by the corporations as well. The people have no money to bribe anyone in Congress, Wall Street and the corporations have seen to that. All we have is you and you alone. You’re our one and only hope. If you don’t cover the story and get the word out to the American people they can’t support the legislation in large numbers simply because they don’t know it exists. No one will ever know that the credit bureaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 19 other business groups are buying votes and twisting arms behind the scenes to stop the legislation. The practice of locking people out of the workplace based upon their credit report during this economy is wrong, it’s sick, it’s inhuman and amounts to class genocide albeit more slow than a bullet . . . the end is no different whatsoever. America needs you to stand up for the people like we’ve never needed you before in our history. If not for the people with ruined credit, do it for their children, their spouses, their extended families and all generations of Americans that follow. If rumors are correct, a mark-up hearing on the bill (the first sign of any movement to date) is coming in just a few short weeks when Congress returns from recess so your coverage of HR3149 in a timely mannner is critical.
[End Sample Letter]
Media Outlets/Contact Points:
Freepress.org
truth@freepress.org
Open Left
christopher_j_bowers@yahoo.com
NYT, Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html
Washington Post
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/ezra+klein/
Huffington Post
huffpolitics@huffingtonpost.com
Daily KOS
http://www.dailykos.com/contactus
Crooks and Liars
crooksandliars@gmail.com
The Progressive
https://www.progressive.org/contact
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/node/399
Ed Shultz Show
http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/
Just like anything else in life, effort breeds success and just like selling - getting media coverage is all about numbers. The more YOU pitch, the more coverage the issue gets and the more people are exposed to HR3149. In turn more voter and media heat is placed upon Congress. To succeed, we need a lot of heat and a high rate of member participation. This week' sample letter below, as with all letters, is but one perspective. What do we know? The point is to write and a good mix of unique perspectives, stories and approaches is best. Edit our verbiage or write your own and save it somewhere on your computer. Then scroll down to our list of media outlets and send, send, send!
We’re going to be doing tons of media outreach in the coming weeks, perhaps months, so save your letter so you don’t have to recreate the wheel over and over. Keep it simple and easy for you. Let’s get started, we have miles to travel but we've never been more close to our goal than now.
[Sample Letter]
When you include the direct impact on families and potential impact on extended families; no single issue in America cries out more for a solution than workplace discrimination based on credit reports. FICO estimates that 35 percent of Americans have a credit score below 650 which they estimate accounts for 70+ million Americans, but anything under a score of 700 is considered “bad credit.” The real number of Americans with bad credit is closer to 100 million Americans. If these people don’t have a job, they don’t get one and if they have a job it not only jeopardizes them losing it, but it also means that they can’t change jobs for better pay to fix their credit report. It’s like tying someone to a ship anchor then throwing them into the water to see if they can swim. Almost half of the entire U.S. workforce, according to the big three credit bureaus, is no longer trustworthy enough to allow through the front door of any business.
George Orwell’s world of big brother has arrived but it’s not the government that took over, instead a secret FICO software program now literally determines whether you live of die. Who benefits from the practice? The big three credit bureaus, their employees, their stockholders and them alone. Who loses? Everyone else . . . starting with the employers who purchase the worthless measurement tools because millions spent in credit bureau marketing materials have convinced them that a credit report indicates theft and fraud potential. They believe this lie even though, under oath during sworn testimony in Oregon where the practice is now illegal, a VP from TransUnion stated they have zero statistical evidence to validate that someone with bad credit is more prone to steal or commit fraud than anyone else. The one and only piece of documentation to back up their marketing claims is a study that indicates that people who “live beyond their means” are more prone to steal from their employer. Guess who that includes? At least 86 percent of the entire U.S. population . . . little old ladies, police officers, preachers and everyone else that ever bought something they didn’t really need or couldn’t afford. If this is the standard for who can work, only 14 percent of the entire population are trustworthy.
Employers lose out on wonderful highly motivated employees who in most instances after starving are more loyal than their dog at home. (Dogs are actually treated better because they are allowed to eat.) That’s the whole point and why a law to eliminate the practice now in the House of Representative is being so hotly contested by the corporations. This is about submission to the almighty corporation and handing over total control over every aspect of someone’s life just for the right to work. Once they have your credit report the employer knows just how little they can get away with paying (in the rare event someone with bad credit is ever hired). With the worst economy since the Great Depression and more jobs moving to third world countries every day, the corporations are now in the driver’s seat like never before. Bad enough they polluted the entire Gulf coastline and destroyed our economy because of their greed, but now they own our right to privacy? Through PAC money, corporations now own Congress 100 percent and they are daring them to pass HR3149: The Equal Employment for All Act that would in most cases make discrimination based on credit reports illegal.
The bribes are working for one reason and one reason only, because of you, the American media, the so called free press now controlled by the corporations as well. The people have no money to bribe anyone in Congress, Wall Street and the corporations have seen to that. All we have is you and you alone. You’re our one and only hope. If you don’t cover the story and get the word out to the American people they can’t support the legislation in large numbers simply because they don’t know it exists. No one will ever know that the credit bureaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 19 other business groups are buying votes and twisting arms behind the scenes to stop the legislation. The practice of locking people out of the workplace based upon their credit report during this economy is wrong, it’s sick, it’s inhuman and amounts to class genocide albeit more slow than a bullet . . . the end is no different whatsoever. America needs you to stand up for the people like we’ve never needed you before in our history. If not for the people with ruined credit, do it for their children, their spouses, their extended families and all generations of Americans that follow. If rumors are correct, a mark-up hearing on the bill (the first sign of any movement to date) is coming in just a few short weeks when Congress returns from recess so your coverage of HR3149 in a timely mannner is critical.
[End Sample Letter]
Media Outlets/Contact Points:
Freepress.org
truth@freepress.org
Open Left
christopher_j_bowers@yahoo.com
NYT, Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html
Washington Post
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/ezra+klein/
Huffington Post
huffpolitics@huffingtonpost.com
Daily KOS
http://www.dailykos.com/contactus
Crooks and Liars
crooksandliars@gmail.com
The Progressive
https://www.progressive.org/contact
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/node/399
Ed Shultz Show
http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailEd/
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