On January 15th, 2010, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers launched "Ur Union of Unemployed". This virtual union aims to unify the jobless in a unique and useful way.

Ur Union of Unemployed -- or UCubed as it is nicknamed -- connects the unemployed into cubes of people to end that sense of being all alone in this Grave Recession. It organizes those cubes into neighborhoods and then blocks – power blocks that politicians cannot ignore, purchasing blocks merchants cannot avoid. But most important, UCubed offers the unemployed a way to use their skills and talents to help others through these hard times even as they help themselves.

Please forward this to coworkers, friends and family who are unemployed, working part-time involuntarily or who have looked for a job in the last year but could not find one. Urge them to enter their zip code in the Build A Community bar at www.unionofunemployed.com

Since UCubed is open to everyone harmed by this economic turmoil forward this link to everyone on your contact list. Chances are they, too, will know friends or relatives who are unemployed or underemployed.