Working Families Party
Working Families Party | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dan Cantor |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Merger of | New Party Citizen Action Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now |
| Headquarters | 1 Metrotech Center North, 11 Brooklyn, New York 11201 |
| Membership (November 2024) | 59,779 (registered voters in state of New York) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Blue and white (formerly) Purple and orange (current) |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 100
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| Seats in the House | 0 / 435
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| Governorships | 0 / 50
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| State Upper House Seats | 0 / 1,972
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| State Lower House Seats | 0 / 5,411
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| Philadelphia City Council | 2 / 17
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| Website | |
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The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a coalition of labor unions, community organizations, members of the now-inactive national New Party, and a variety of advocacy groups such as Citizen Action of New York and ACORN: the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The party is primarily concerned with healthcare reform, raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick days, addressing student debt, progressive taxation, public education, energy, and environmental reform.