From autoworkers to online activists, WFP supporters are a diverse bunch. Here’s an open letter from New York bloggers calling for the ‘netroots’ to “vote change like they mean it” by voting for Barack Obama on the…
October 29th, 2008
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A great news item on our sister party, the Connecticut Working Families Party:

Cross-endorsement allows minor party to hold power
By SCOTT WHIPPLE , Journal Register News Service…
October 29th, 2008
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Dan Cantor, Working Families Executive Director (left) and Councilmember Bill de Blasio (right) discuss the term limits after the Council’s vote:
Contact: Dan Levitan
Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director issued the following official statement today…
October 23rd, 2008
Related: Press Release, Term Limits
The Working Families Party fought long and hard to keep the City Council from overturning the public’s preference for term-limits – a preference expressed in two public referendums. We didn’t win, but through our grassroots campaign, thousands New Yorkers got…
October 23rd, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Viewers of tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will be invited to make their voices heard in another debate – the fight over extending term-limits in New York City.
Timed to launch…
October 15th, 2008
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We couldn’t have said it any better ourselves. The Nation magazine has joined the call to vote for Barack Obama on the Working Families ballot line:

By Katrina vanden Heuvel
“In…
October 14th, 2008
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WNYC’s Amy Eddings and the Albany Times Union’s Rick Karlin and Irene Liu take a look at the chances the Democrats (with an assist from Working Families) have to retake the State Senate after a generation of Republican control.
Senate…
October 10th, 2008
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The New York Times today featured the Working Families Party’s campaign online and in the streets to keep term limits in voters’ hands:

Fighting Bid to Extend Term Limits, Politician by Politician
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October 9th, 2008
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For Immediate Release: October 8, 2008
The Working Families Party released today the following statement on Ron Lauder’s announced support of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to change term limits legislatively. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive…
October 8th, 2008
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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Working Families Party launches www.itsourdecision.org where New Yorkers Can Tell Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council Not to End Term Limits Legislatively
NEW YORK- Leaders…
October 7th, 2008
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