Working Families Party joins growing coalition to warn Michiganders of Con-Con dangers
The Michigan chapter of the Working Families Party (MI WFP) today became the latest Michigan labor-related organization to urge Michiganders to vote NO on Proposal 1, which would convene a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con), on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The MI WFP joins the Michigan Education Association (MEA) and Michigan AFL-CIO as well as other groups and organizations that have a range of priorities and missions working together to showcase the risks of a Con-Con. The process would open the state constitution to a total rewrite, putting in danger hard-fought rights and protections, including collective bargaining and longstanding labor protections.
“Working people in Michigan have spent generations fighting for the rights and protections that make it possible to build a life with dignity,” said Branden Snyder, director of the WFP in Michigan. “We shouldn’t put those gains on the bargaining table and give corporations, wealthy special interests, and the well-connected another opportunity to rewrite the rules against working families. A Constitutional Convention creates too much uncertainty and there’s simply no reason to take that risk. The Michigan Working Families Party is proud to join this fight because our democracy should be about giving working people more power, not opening the door for those with money and influence to take it away.”
Michigan Working Families Party is building a multiracial working-class movement that fights for everyday Michiganders, not the wealthy and powerful few.
The WFP is a progressive political party founded in New York in 1998 by labor unions, community groups and advocacy organizations that support policies such as raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick leave, Medicare for All, progressive taxation and environmental reform. The party reports more than 600,000 members which include individuals, union partners, community organizations and social movement allies, all contributing to the party's progressive agenda.
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