Where does the national Democratic Party stand on workers rights and labor unions? Find out at:

[Better Believe It]

To find out visit the Democratic National Committee website at:

http://www.democrats.org/

If you can find something, anything at all, on the Democratic Party leadership website clearly supporting the right of workers to organize unions, to bargain collectively and to strike please post it here.

Maybe I somehow missed it when it should have jumped right out at me.

Thank you.

BBI

[guitar man]

1. They stand firmly behind us

...to facilitate their collective dick in our ass when it comes to labor issues :grr:

[sabrina 1]

2. Lol, I shouldn't have laughed at that, but I did! n/t

[Aerows]

8. I couldn't help it either LOL n/t

[guitar man]

11. black humor

is humor too :)

most days it's all I've got left to get me through...

[Aerows]

7. OMG - I LOL n/t

[pipoman]

3. NAFTA, GATT, ETC. 'NUFF SAID

[Hannah Bell]

4. people judge by actions, not words.

[Better Believe It]

5. But words sound pretty nice .... especially when running for public office!

Barack Obama rally at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisc. on Feb 12, 2008:

"In this election, your voices will be heard. It's what happens when the American worker doesn't have a voice at the negotiating table, when leaders change their positions on trade with the politics of the moment, and that is why we need a president who will listen not just to Wall Street, but to Main Street, a president who will stand with workers not just when it's easy, but when it's hard, and that's the kind of president I intend to be when I'm president of the United States of America."

Now it might be election rhetoric we can't believe in but it still sounds very nice and sincere.

[sabrina 1]

6. Okay, I checked, and I did not find anything to make me believe

the Dem Party is the party of American Workers.

I did find this though:

March 10, 2011
Watch: The President and First Lady at 10:30 a.m. ET
The President and Michelle Obama are hosting an anti-bullying conference at the White House this morning.

Wouldn't Wisconsin have been a good place to hold an anti-bullying conference?

[Better Believe It]

9. Surely there must be something pro-union and pro working class. Look harder!

[sabrina 1]

14. I did, found nothing. I did see Liebermann's face on the

FP though. Under a heading 'elected democrats'. I didn't check to see what it was about, but why is he on the Dem. Party's website?

We are on our own!

[kath]

10. They don't seem to stand for *anything* any more

other than perhaps lining their own pockets and those of corporations. Sadly, there are at most a handful of Dems (plus Ind. Bernie Sanders) who are exceptions to this.

[jody]

17. Agree they tap dance over divisive, polarizing political issues.

[MilesColtrane]

12. .

http://www.democrats.org/people/union_members_and_families

[Canuckistanian]

16. Did you see the "Latest News"?

"Fight or Be Slaves: Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters"

That was in 1925. Maybe it takes about 90 years before news makes it to the Democrats.org site.

[Better Believe It]

18. That's in the "Who We Are" DNC section and not the "What We Stand For" issues section.

And that was a very deliberate decision, not a mere accident.

So, what does the Democratic Party National Committee stand for today regarding specific workers rights such as the right to organize, bargain collectively and strike?

What pro-union legislation does the DNC stand for and what are they fighting for in Congress? They don't even mention the Employee Free Choice Act as one of the things they support!!!! Not a good idea anymore?

And where does the Democratic Party National Committee stand regarding the anti-worker, anti-union offensive by Walker and other Republican governors?

[LoZoccolo]

21. They're obviously against unions as evidenced by the actions of the

Democratic members of the Wisconsin Senate.

[Better Believe It]

23. So the anti-labor actions of Republican governors are of no national concern to the DNC and the WH?

[MilesColtrane]

27. Ask them.

Then please post their reply here.

[jody]

13. Interesting but there are unalienable/inalienable rights our Constitution obligates govt. to protect

and there are privileges, ofter called rights, granted by a simple majority vote of the people's representatives in local, state, and federal legislatures.

Courts treat those two things quite differently.

[libmom74]

15. They stand for

WTF (Winning The Future), which I am starting believe means having worker bees that will work for even less than people in the third world with even fewer rights, safety or environmental protections.

[old mark]

19. K&R-They no longer stand for me. After voting for Democrats since '68,

I realize they have abandoned everything that I supported them for. I see there are proposals for a workers party or a people's party begining to come out of this betrayal by both parties, and I believe the time has come to stop talking and do it.
The Democrats have left us-it is not a matter of us leaving them.

If you work for a living, are middle class, a union member or unemployed, a progressive or leftist, the Democratic Party is not interested in your life or needs-only in your money and vote.

It is time we found a new voice and organize to make ourselves heard.

mark

[steve2470]

20. link here at official site about unions:

http://www.democrats.org/people/union_members_and_families

For decades, Democrats have stood alongside labor unions in defense of fair pay and economic security. Union members have been a key part of the Democratic Party, organizing for elections and on issues such as health reform, minimum wage, retirement security, and greater accountability in the public and private sectors.

The rights and benefits working Americans enjoy today were not easily gained; they had to be won. It took generations of courageous men and women at all levels of government and society—all committed to fighting for decent working conditions and fair pay, some even willing to risk their lives to secure victory and make those rights and benefits a reality.

Much of what we now take for granted—the 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, health insurance, paid leave, pensions, Social Security and Medicare—were made possible by the hard work and dedicated struggle of America’s labor movement. It was labor unions that led the fight to improve working conditions and labor standards. In doing so, we have helped to build the largest middle class in history and demonstrated that we are stronger together than as individuals.

[Better Believe It]

24. That's in the "Who We Are" DNC section and not the "What We Stand For" issues section.

So, what does the Democratic Party National Committee stand for today regarding specific workers rights such as the right to organize, bargain collectively and strike?

What pro-union legislation does the DNC stand for and what are they fighting for in Congress? They don't even mention the Employee Free Choice Act as one of the things they support!!!! Not a good idea anymore?

And where does the Democratic Party National Committee stand regarding the anti-worker, anti-union offensive by Walker and other Republican governors?

[swilton]

22. I did go to the website

I was glad to see that the Democrats support Women's History Month and Black History Month - nothing on the website suggested they were a political party concerned with peace, social justice or the environment - nothing spoke to me about this being a political party's web page....

For all intents and purposes it might have been the web-page for a school, a church or a synagogue.

[Moondog]

25. And now that you have broken the code, what does this tell you?

[Starry Messenger]

26. I don't think the history of the party is pro-worker.

Not when you go all the way back to the beginnings.

Nowhere do “politicians” form a more separate, powerful section of the nation than in North America. There, each of the two great parties which alternately succeed each other in power is itself in turn controlled by people who make a business of politics, who speculate on seats in the legislative assemblies of the Union as well as of the separate states, or who make a living by carrying on agitation for their party and on its victory are rewarded with positions. --F. Engels. March 18, 1891 http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/postscript.htm

The Democratic party started siphoning off socialist issues in the urban centers when they noticed who was filling up the cities and what their issues were. Now that we aren't important anymore, the Money Party is uniting again.