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350,000 strong against billionaire David Koch 15 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
The rain in Manhattan on Tuesday couldn’t stop a committed group of Working Families members from gathering to send a message loud and clear: Tea Party billionaire David Koch should not have influence...
Dan Cantor: “The value of a life is not determined by skin color: 14 Jul 2013 | 08:32 am
Read WFP Executive Director Dan Cantor's full statement here.
Huge victory on student debt 4 Jul 2013 | 03:19 am
Working Families organizers in Oregon just helped their state take a huge step toward bold, innovative answers to solving the student debt crisis.
Paid sick days are coming to New York City! 10 May 2013 | 03:24 am
Thanks to Working Families supporters, paid sick days are coming to New York City! This is a huge victory, and we couldn’t have done it without the tireless work of so many folks over the years.
Tell Congress: Don’t double student loan rates! 9 May 2013 | 07:13 pm
Interest rates on student loans are going to double on July 1, but we can stop this from happening. Tell Congress to stop student loan interest rates from doubling this summer.
Obama’s bad idea 10 Apr 2013 | 01:36 am
Tomorrow, President Obama will unveil his budget plan. It's not the kind of change we can believe in.
Hope for Social Security and Medicare 9 Mar 2013 | 11:18 pm
More than 30 members of Congress have pledged to vote against any deal that includes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security benefits. New York's own Carolyn Maloney is the latest member of Cong...
WFP Statement on Silver’s new minimum wage proposal 15 Feb 2013 | 02:39 am
The Working Families Party’s Bill Lipton released the following statement in response to Speaker Silver’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9/hr and index it to inflation: “New York needs to lift...
Obama’s big choice 12 Feb 2013 | 12:34 am
President Obama was right to defend Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in his inaugural address. But with members of Congress talking about big cuts, it's time to prove that those were more than w...
What WFP is hoping to see in today’s State of the State 9 Jan 2013 | 10:07 pm
Governor Cuomo is set to deliver his 2013 State of the State today. Here are the top three things we hope he talks about.
