Working Families

Someone working full-time at minimum wage earns $290 a week, or just $15,080 yearly without any time off. It’s impossible to pay for rent, food, transportation, health care and everything else on such a meager salary. It’s indefensible that someone who works 40 hours a week would be unable to feed her family. Sign the petition to urge Albany to raise the minimum wage!

New York – Today, the Working Families Party announced its endorsement of Kirsten Gillibrand for US Senate. The endorsement, which marks the progressive party’s first of the 2012 cycle, gives Gillibrand the WFP’s line on the November ballot – Row D – and also the support of its formidable grassroots door-to-door get-out-the-vote operation.

Before being elected to Congress, Bob Turner put Rush Limbaugh on TV. Now he’s running for Senate. Does he share Rush’s his old pal’s despicable views on women’s rights? Co-sign our letter to find out.

After service cuts and fare hikes, the MTA’s 2009 decision to extend the G train was a welcome change. But now, the transit agency has reversed course, and plans to cut the G back to its old route, ending at Smith-9th. Don’t let the MTA cut back the “Brooklyn Local.” Tell the MTA: Save the G train!

Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor released the following statement about the mortgage servicing settlement announced today:

Six months ago, the Wall Street banks were pushing for a bad settlement that would have granted the banks broad immunity from any further investigation into fraud and malfeasance leading up to the mortgage meltdown. It would have [...]

Today, House Republicans ordered Capitol Hill police to arrest Josh Fox, award-winning director of Gasland, and his crew. His crime? Filming a public hearing on hydrofracking. Join us in calling on Committee Chair Rep. Andy Harris to apologize, and to respect the freedom of the press.

WFP Leader Julie Kushner, director of UAW Region 9A, challenged Mitt Romney on his suggestion that the U.S. auto industry should have been allowed to fail. She talked with Ed Schultz about the interaction and about Romney’s assault on workers.

This week, WFP executive director Dan Cantor and United N.Y. executive director Camille Rivera published an op-ed in the Albany Times-Union, calling for the state go give 700,000 people a raise. An increased minimum wage can help boost the economy and lift thousands of New Yorkers out of poverty.

After Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address, Working Families Party executive director Dan Cantor released the following statement:
Two important ideas came out of Albany today: the Governor’s plan to get money out of politics and Speaker Silver’s proposal to raise the minimum wage. Both measures have our strong support, and show the [...]

With your help, NYC took a stand against Citizens United. Now we’re launching a campaign to end corporate control of end corporate control of elections in New York State. But we need your help.