{"id":110857,"date":"2020-02-03T11:01:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110857"},"modified":"2020-02-03T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:01:59","slug":"deadline-is-feb-11-to-apply-for-working-families-party-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110857","title":{"rendered":"Deadline is Feb. 11 to apply for Working Families Party endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Working-Families-Party-WFP-300x151.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Working-Families-Party-WFP-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Working-Families-Party-WFP-150x76.png 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Working-Families-Party-WFP-400x201.png 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Working-Families-Party-WFP.png 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Working Families Party announced that it will begin\nscreening candidates for endorsement for this year\u2019s local, state,\ncongressional and judicial elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central New York Chapter is seeking candidates from\nCentral New York including Onondaga, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison and Lewis\ncounties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates must complete the questionnaire, which can only be\ndone on the WFP\u2019s website, by Feb. 11. Candidates are encouraged to submit the\nquestionnaire as soon as possible to allow for adequate review time. Afterward,\ncandidates are interviewed by regional Working Families Party members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/workingfamilies.org\/endorsement\/new-york\/apply-wfp-endorsement\/\">HERE<\/a>\nto access the questionnaire, which is a requirement for screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to schedule an interview, contact 315.725.0974\nor <a href=\"mailto:uticaromewfp@gmail.com\">uticaromewfp@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Working Families Party platform supports living wage\njobs, affordable housing, accessible health care, better public schools and\nmore investment in public services. It has been successful in organizing\ncampaigns to increase the minimum wage, enact paid family leave, reform the\nRockefeller drug laws, pass the new tenant protection law, enact a Green Jobs\nProgram and restore funding for public schools in New York state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in New York in 1998 by a coalition of progressive\nunions, community organizations and activists, the Working Families Party\u2019s\ngoal is to use electoral politics and issue campaigns to win concrete victories\nfor working people. With chapters in 10 states and a supporter base that spans\nthe nation, the Working Families Party has won public policies that make a\ndifference in the lives of working families, from paid sick days laws and\nminimum wage increases to reforms to criminal justice laws and policing\npractices to wins on student debt and environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WFP\u2019s progressive candidates\u2019 pipeline is recruiting,\ntraining and electing the next generation of progressive leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit workingfamilies.org\/states\/new-york\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Working Families Party announced that it will begin screening candidates for endorsement for this year\u2019s local, state, congressional and judicial elections. The Central New York Chapter is seeking candidates from Central New York including Onondaga, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison and Lewis counties. Candidates must complete the questionnaire, which can only be done on the WFP\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/110858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}