Working Families

Praises Murphy’s “first-hand understanding of what it takes to create jobs”
GLENS FALLS – Citing his hands-on experience with job creation and commitment to strengthening New York’s middle class, the Working Families Party has endorsed Scott Murphy in the special election for the 20th Congressional District.
“In tough times like these we need leaders with experience and [...]

Working families in Queens need Julissa Ferreras in the City Council. Election Day: Feb 24th!

The meteoric rise of our sister party in Connecticut doesn’t stop, and the press is starting to take notice.  They didn’t get everything right (for example – the WFP has proven that it does bring in new voters, even when it cross-endorses), but last Friday’s New Haven Register article shows just how far we’ve come:

Working [...]

This year, the Connecticut Working Families Party had our best showing at the polls yet — by a lot. Our statewide vote total has more than tripled since 2006 — we pulled in a remarkable 75,000 votes.

The WFP knocked on over 120,000 doors to help Joe Addabbo unseat incumbent Republican Serphin Maltese.

For Immediate Release: November 4, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Suffolk – Today the Working Families Party celebrated Brian Foley’s victory (D-WF) over incumbent State Senator Republican Caesar Trunzo. The grassroots third party knocked on over 100,000 doors in the race to help put Foley over the top.
“Whether it’s cleaning up Albany, cutting property taxes for middle-class [...]

A memo from WFP Director Dan Cantor and Deputy Director Bill Lipton on our biggest electoral priority this year – taking back the State Senate.

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 Working Families Party ballot line (“Row E”):

Help Us Build Progressive Strength in New York
by: Justin Krebs
This open letter [...]

We did it! But Obama’s historic win is only Round One in the fight for working families.

The WFP’s campaign for a working families-friendly Congress is back at it. Help us send even more progressive champions to Washington this November.