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As of right now, I am a member of United Professionals, an organization founded by Barbara Ehrenreich and others "to help white-collar workers, be they unemployed, uninsured, downsized, stressed out or merely anxious," according to Steven Greenhouse in the Times. I qualify as "merely anxious." The current dues are doable - ten cents a day, or $36.50 per year.

If and when the group achieves critical mass, Ms Ehrenreich sees it lobbying Congress just as AARP does, probably for universal health insurance and for requiring companies to provide severance when they lay off workers.

I don't think I know anybody who oughtn't to belong to this organization.