Posted on 11/19/2024 8:04:48 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
The Democratic National Committee workers’ union on Monday condemned layoffs by the organization, saying permanent employees were terminated last week with one day’s notice and no severance pay.
While staff jobs at campaign offices routinely end after elections, the DNC laid off permanent employees, including people who had been told their positions would continue after the election, the staff union said in a statement.....
In a statement, the DNC noted that, every election cycle “political organizations scale up to meet the demands, and as the cycle comes to a close, it’s a tough reality of our industry that we must part with talented, hardworking staff.”
“While the DNC has met the terms of the union agreement negotiated by the CBA, we share the entire DNC family’s frustration and continue to provide resources to all members of the team to support them in this transition,” the DNC’s statement read.
A DNC staffer who was not laid off and is part of the union described the layoffs as “abrupt.”
The staffer noted that while there was no clause in workers’ contracts that would have provided them a severance package, that shouldn’t preclude the DNC “from doing the right thing.”
“It doesn’t absolve them of the responsibility to live up to its values and principles and treat its workers with, you know, basic dignity,” the staffer said.
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The staffer noted that while there was no clause in workers’ contracts that would have provided them a severance package, that shouldn’t preclude the DNC “from doing the right thing.”
They should remember that the democratic coal in their stocking was brought to them by Union labor.
The Democrat Party Crime Families have to cut costs.
The real world.
Ain’t that a bitch?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-national-party-workers-forming-union
Aug 3, 2021 5:49 PM EST
Staff members at the Democratic National Committee in Washington have opted to organize a union for collective bargaining rights, party and union officials said Tuesday.
The move marks the first time a national party organization has become a union shop, despite Democrats’ long relationship with organized labor. The development also follows a presidential campaign during which several Democratic candidates’ campaign staffs, including that of President Joe Biden, formed unions.
Employees at DNC headquarters will “soon” be part of the Service Employees International Local 500, the union confirmed in a statement.
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Democrats push for the most significant labor law change since the Great Depression comes after a decades-long slide in union membership. In 1970, almost a third of the U.S. workforce was unionized. In 2020, that number was 10.8%.
It’s obvious that the DemonRATS were convinced that they would have all the money they were ever going to need on the morning after the election. Whoops! All they won was a Kamala Kewpie doll. LOL!
$20+ million in debt will do that to you........😆
Celebrities are expensive, man!
DNC ran out of other people’s money.
For obvious financial reasons, the usual practice by political parties is to lay off staff after elections. For those employed by losing parties, this can bite hard because suitable new political jobs tend to be hard to find.
The Democrats are for the people.
The D party really cares greatly about working Americans. Don’t ya know?
What kind of sap believes the DNC would even consider just “doing the right thing.”
Oh Jamie, how could you!
“Service Employees International Local 500”
What kind of pathetic union puts up with such management arrogance?
They need to mobilize thousands of members from around the country to come to DC and picket the DNC HQ.
Working people should not tolerate this abuse by plutocrats.
Forward!
Lol.
I bet that 20 million is in a box o Wine box at the Naval Observatory
The DNC thought the 2024 steal was in the bag so they failed to have a PLAN B.
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