You know it and I know it. With the economy still struggling, our top priority must be jobs.

American workers are in a crisis. We're grappling with home foreclosures, with layoffs, with skyrocketing health premiums and with worrying about what future we'll leave for our children. And now, the state and local services we rely on are being cut as states and cities cope with record budget crises. That's why the Senate must act by passing a strong jobs bill: the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act.

Let's create jobs for the U.S. economy. Will you email your Senator?

SEIU member Luz Villafana is in Washington, DC this week, fighting for us. She'll be speaking alongside key leaders in Washington tomorrow on why creating jobs must be our priority. "We are watching the American Dream disappear and that is not acceptable," says Villafana. "I want to keep it alive for my three grandchildren. That is why I am here in Washington."

Will you help Luz and other SEIU members fight for jobs? Send an email to your Senator to pass the jobs bill.

Inside the marbled halls of Congress, it's easy to forget the crisis at home. The nurse struggling to pay her mortgage and the security officer whose son can't afford college are living in the real world and they see what's happening in their communities - states cutting back on vital services, more of their neighbors losing their jobs.

If the Senate does not pass the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, more jobs will be lost and services will be cut at the worst possible time. Let's make sure that doesn't happen.