Here it comes—congressional debate on privatizing Social Security begins Tuesday, April 26, with a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Sen. Charles Schumer is a member of that powerful committee. Please take a moment now to urge him to attend the hearing, ask the hard questions about how privatization would hurt people like you and oppose this attack on America's most important family protection program. Click here:

www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ACT_NOW

President Bush’s proposal to privatize Social Security would:

• Slash guaranteed benefits.
• Explode the federal deficit.
• Weaken Social Security’s solvency.
• Open Social Security up to fraud and corruption.
• And make our retirements less secure.

Sen. Schumer can help stop it.

In Washington, D.C., and around the country Tuesday, activists will be rallying to mark the start of the congressional hearings on Social Security privatization. They'll be telling their members of Congress, loud and clear, to stop privatization in its tracks. As an activist whose senator sits on the Finance Committee, you can be especially influential at this crucial time. Please contact Sen. Schumer now by clicking the following link:

www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ACT_NOW

Privatizing Social Security would slash guaranteed benefits by some 40 percent—even for workers who don't choose private accounts. For workers who do want privatized accounts, the government would take back 70 cents in retirement benefits for every $1 in the account on top of the 40 percent benefit cut. And after seeing the stock market's performance recently, who on earth would bet their retirement security on privatized accounts invested there?

America's retirement security is at stake. Please tell Sen. Schumer to attend the April 26 Finance Committee hearing, ask hard questions about what privatizing Social Security would really do to his constituents and oppose this dangerous proposal. Once you have sent your message, please click the following link to urge others in your state to contact the senator, as well:

www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ACT_NOW/forward

Together, we can win the fight to preserve Social Security and America’s retirement security.

In solidarity,

Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO
April 22, 2005