Here’s the Rally in DC You Should Be Attending

This post first appeared on Hullabaloo.
It’s not a sexy as Glenn Beck and his Black Robed Regiment of Christian Reconstructionists (just don’t call them Mullahs …) but this rally scheduled for next month in DC is just a teensy bit more relevant to our current problems. It’s called One America, Working Together.

Here’s the agenda:

Provide immediate relief for those who are currently unemployed

* Extend jobless benefits, COBRA, mortgage assistance, and other initiatives for those currently out of work.
* Target help for populations and communities in the greatest need

Provide immediate action to stimulate job growth and consumer demand

* Provide aid to states and cities – including direct job creation at local levels – especially in education, health care, social services and first-responder workforces
* Increase the ability of small businesses to obtain loans
* Fund infrastructure investment that spurs economic growth and clean energy enterprises

Provide a fair chance for everyone to succeed and advance in the workplace

* Everyone who works in America should have the right to join with their co-workers to have a voice on the job
* Pay all workers wages that allow them to support their families
* Increase and index the minimum wage
* Close all pay gaps
* End all forms of workplace discrimination
* Protect, honor, fully apply, and expan