Working Families

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 an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters can pull on Election Day that will make a real difference – that of [...]

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 Republicans have blocked nearly every important piece of reform that working families in New York need, [...]

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

By FERNANDA SANTOS

They are angling for the magic number: 26. That is how many City Council members it would take to defeat a bill introduced [...]

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 Director:
“There’s something profoundly wrong with our democracy when the opinions of the city’s billionaires are [...]

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 of the Working Families Party gathered today at City Hall to announce a campaign to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed legislative extension of [...]

The New York Times reported today on the WFP’s newly launched campaign to keep the City Council and Mayor from extending term limits without the permission of voters who’ve approved term limits (twice!).  Don’t forget to visit http://itsourdecision.org and send your message to the politicians!
Union-Backed Party Opposes Term Limits Plan

By Fernanda Santos  | October 7, [...]

Watch Making Things Happen, a 12-minute mini-documentary from 2005 on how the Working Families Party makes a difference:

For Immediate Release: October 3, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan, (718) 222-3796 ext. 237
The following statement regarding the November special session called today by Gov. David Paterson can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
“The Governor is right to try to meet the budget gap head on, both for this year and next. [...]

In 2001, Bill Lindsay, president of IBEW Local 25, ran for County Legislature in a Suffolk County special election, as a Democratic and a Working Families Party candidate.
Lindsay won in a squeaker – 50.6% to 49.4% – with 3% of Lindsay’s vote coming on the Working Families line. The WFP was the margin of victory, [...]

With the Working Families Party going strong in New York and Connecticut, and new parties being built in Oregon and Delaware, the Working Families Party will appear on ballot in four states across the country. From the always informative Ballot Access News:

Working Families Party Has Candidates in Four States
September 24th, 2008
The Working Families Party, which [...]