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title: It's up to you to protect your job insurance benefits
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/its-up-to-you-job-insurance-benefits-1941/
description: 'Notice sheet for servicemen: ''IT''S UP TO'' overprinted on a large red ''YOU'', with instructions to get a card from the company clerk.'
section: Collection
---

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[![It's up to you to protect your job insurance benefits, 1941 US poster: Notice sheet for servicemen](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/its-up-to-you-job-insurance-benefits-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/its-up-to-you-job-insurance-benefits-1941.jpg)

# It's up to you to protect your job insurance benefits

Notice sheet for servicemen: 'IT'S UP TO' overprinted on a large red 'YOU', with instructions to get a card from the company clerk, fill it in and return it, and a sample form at lower right. The loss-of-benefits framing is the fear-appeal tell; the technique is faint on this plain instruction sheet.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
IT'S UP TO YOU
TO PROTECT YOUR JOB INSURANCE BENEFITS
IF YOU HAVE WORKED IN A JOB INSURED BY
A STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW,
PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FUTURE BENEFITS.
GET A CARD LIKE THIS
FROM YOUR COMPANY CLERK.
FILL IT IN AND RETURN IT TO
HIM AT ONCE !
Laws are being proposed in most States to protect
the benefit rights of men who entered military service
after April 1, 1940. To protect your rights under
any such legislation, the special card should be
completed and returned to your company clerk for
mailing to the Social Security Board.
SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD
FSA
E.S.-87
R.B.S. 4-41
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—20743]
[sample form, small print:] READ CAREFULLY INSTRUCTIONS ON BACK OF THIS FORM (PLEASE PRINT) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER 1. NAME (First) (Middle) (Last) 3. CAMP ADDRESS 4. HOME ADDRESS 5. I ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON (Month) (Day) (Year) 6. DURING THE 2 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS DATE I WORKED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: 7. I LAST WORKED FOR (Employer's name) (Address) FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD Form SS-[illegible] 3-41
```

[← It's up to us](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/its-up-to-us-oem-banner-1941/) [Cut out appropriate photo and paste down over corresponding blueprint on jeep poster as each part is paid for →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jeep-poster-paste-down-parts-sheet-1941/)

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