Archive for 2008

Nation Mag to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.

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: Battle for the Senate – WFP’s “Mini Army”

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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NY Times Features ItsOurDecision.org Campaign

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

October 9th, 2008

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WFP Statement on Ron Lauder’s Support for Mayor’s Term Limits Proposal

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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WFP Launches Campaign to Keep Term Limits in Voters’ Hands

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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NY Times on WFP’s Campaign to Keep Term Limits in Voters’ Hands

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

October 7th, 2008

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YouTube: Making Things Happen

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

October 4th, 2008

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WFP Statement on Nov. Special Session

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…

October 3rd, 2008

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How Fusion Build Progressive Power for Working People

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…

September 27th, 2008

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WFP Has Candidates in Four States – Ballot Access News

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…

September 26th, 2008

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