WFP Director Dan Cantor was a guest on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show today discussing Gov. David Paterson’s unfair budget proposal. On Tuesday, the Governor offered a budget that raises billions in taxes on the middle class, makes devastating cuts to services we need, and all without asking the wealthy to share the burden.
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December 17th, 2008
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Viewers of tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will be invited to make their voices heard in another debate – the fight over extending term-limits in New York City.
Timed to launch on-air during coverage of the third presidential debate at Hofstra University this evening, the [...]
October 15th, 2008
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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, [...]
October 10th, 2008
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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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Dan Cantor, the Working Families Party’s Executive Director, was on WNYC’s Brian Show Lehrer Show today, calling for the bailout to include homeowners and working families and for sensible oversight – including capping Wall Street salaries at $1 million – for investment firms saved by the bailout:
September 24th, 2008
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