New Orleans Recently Dan Cantor, the long-time head of the Working Families Party of New York and now director of their multi-state efforts to create a progressive alternative party, co-authored a piece that ran in the publication, In These Times, about lessons we could learn from the electoral victories of Syriza in Greece and the …
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WFP Knows the Rules: Save the Party First, Endorse the Candidates Second
New Orleans The headlines were all topspin, which is the way most people follow politics. The influential and growing political force in New York State, the Working Families Party, had made a deal, significantly brokered by the new Mayor of New York, and longtime WFP and New Party activist, Bill de Blasio, and would now …
Pregnancy Protection a Great First Step for Sick Leave Victories
New Orleans Years ago, we picked up the issue of sick leave protection for workers in states and municipalities as a national evolution of the living wage campaigns. The recession and other forces slowed progress, but still victories were claimed in the state of Connecticut, largely due to work led by the Working Families Party …