Working Families

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.

For Immediate Release
6 December, 2011
Contact:
Joe Dinkin, jdinkin@workingfamilies.org
STATEMENT FROM DAN CANTOR, WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON TAX REFORM DEAL:
“Governor Cuomo and Speaker Silver have taken a genuine step toward a fairer tax system and a more robust economy. Today’s agreement, by any measure, is a principled and historic accomplishment as it establishes again the importance of progressive [...]

Dan Cantor appeared on CNN’s American Morning today to talk about the next steps for Occupy Wall Street.
“Of course it’s the power of their ideas that has captured the day, to a degree,” he said. “But we live in a society where money often trumps speech. … So it’s wrong to say it’s merely the [...]

For Immediate Release
1 November, 2011
Contact:
TJ Helmstetter: tjhelm@workingfamiliesparty.org
WFP to Bloomberg: Not a serious comment.
Earlier this morning, Mayor Bloomberg told a business audience at breakfast:

“It was not the banks that created the mortgage crisis. It was, plain and simple, Congress who forced everybody to go and give mortgages to people who were on the cusp.”

Working [...]

For Immediate Release
October 13, 2011

Contact:
TJ Helmstetter: tjhelm@workingfamiliesparty.org

WFP Statement on Bloomberg Announcement re: Zuccotti Park
The following statement can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the Working Families Party:
Earlier this week, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he would not take measures to remove the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Freedom Plaza-Zuccotti [...]

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen something unusual and promising: a gathering of people — mostly young — who are protesting the corporate power and coarse inequality that characterizes our society and economy. For weeks, these inspired and inspiring young people, under the banner of Occupy Wall Street, have occupied our attention and camped [...]