Working Families Party of Oregon
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The Oregon Working Families Party (Oregon WFP) is a minor political party modeled after the national Working Families Party
, but is organized locally and is autonomous. It is recognized by the Oregon State Elections Division
as a statewide nominating party.
Established in 2006 and headquartered in Tigard, Oregon
, Oregon WFP is headed by United Food and Commercial Workers
Local 555 Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Anderson and Oregon vineyard operator Barbara Dudley as co-chairs.
The Oregon WFP uses Fusion, sometimes called ‘cross-endorsement’, to nominate candidates from other political parties. A lite version of Fusion became Oregon law in 2009, see Gov. Kulongoski Signs Fusion Bill. This means that candidates nominated by the Oregon WFP have the words “Working Families” listed by their name on the ballot. Often, candidates will be listed on the ballot as the candidate of two parties: their own, and the Oregon WFP.
The party nominated J. Ashlee Albies for Oregon Attorney General
during the 2008 election, and Bruce Cronk for U.S. Senate during the 2010 election. They also endorsed a number of candidates in other sate legislative races in 2008 and 2010.
- Affordable healthcare for all Oregonians where our health, or lack thereof, is not dependent on individual wealth and subject to private profiteering; we support national single-payer health care consistent with the principles of H.R. 676 (United States National Health Care Act).
- Opening doors to opportunity through higher education and technical training that does not result in indebtedness for our citizens.
- Affordable housing, a stop to predatory lending practices, investment in new affordable housing development, and protection of existing affordable housing.
- Promotion of green family wage jobs whose legacy leaves a clean, secure, and sustainable environment for our children.
- Supporting fair trade, defending our jobs against outsourcing, wage and benefit cuts, and corporate raiding.
- The right to organize and reach a first contract free of intimidation, discrimination, and illegal terminations.
Working Families Party
The Working Families Party is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998. There are "sister" parties to the New York WFP in Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Oregon, but there is as yet no national WFP...
, but is organized locally and is autonomous. It is recognized by the Oregon State Elections Division
Oregon State Elections Division
The Oregon State Elections Division is the agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon which administers the state's election laws in cooperation with the chief election officers of each of its counties...
as a statewide nominating party.
Established in 2006 and headquartered in Tigard, Oregon
Tigard, Oregon
Tigard is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 48,035 at the 2010 census. As of 2007, Tigard was the state's 12th largest city. Incorporated in 1961, the city is located south of Beaverton and north of Tualatin, and is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
, Oregon WFP is headed by United Food and Commercial Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile, G4S Security, chemical...
Local 555 Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Anderson and Oregon vineyard operator Barbara Dudley as co-chairs.
The Oregon WFP uses Fusion, sometimes called ‘cross-endorsement’, to nominate candidates from other political parties. A lite version of Fusion became Oregon law in 2009, see Gov. Kulongoski Signs Fusion Bill. This means that candidates nominated by the Oregon WFP have the words “Working Families” listed by their name on the ballot. Often, candidates will be listed on the ballot as the candidate of two parties: their own, and the Oregon WFP.
The party nominated J. Ashlee Albies for Oregon Attorney General
Oregon Attorney General
The Oregon Attorney General is a statutory office within the executive branch of the state of Oregon, and serves as the chief legal officer of the state, heading its Department of Justice with its six operating divisions. The Attorney General is chosen by statewide partisan election to serve a term...
during the 2008 election, and Bruce Cronk for U.S. Senate during the 2010 election. They also endorsed a number of candidates in other sate legislative races in 2008 and 2010.
Issues Oregon WFP Focuses On
The Working Families Party fights to improve the lives of working people and their families by focusing our government on things that make our jobs better, provide security for our families and prosperity for our communities. That includes:- Affordable healthcare for all Oregonians where our health, or lack thereof, is not dependent on individual wealth and subject to private profiteering; we support national single-payer health care consistent with the principles of H.R. 676 (United States National Health Care Act).
- Opening doors to opportunity through higher education and technical training that does not result in indebtedness for our citizens.
- Affordable housing, a stop to predatory lending practices, investment in new affordable housing development, and protection of existing affordable housing.
- Promotion of green family wage jobs whose legacy leaves a clean, secure, and sustainable environment for our children.
- Supporting fair trade, defending our jobs against outsourcing, wage and benefit cuts, and corporate raiding.
- The right to organize and reach a first contract free of intimidation, discrimination, and illegal terminations.