Legal Insurrection by Mary Chastain 11/18/2024
One fired employee:”If they want to be the party of the working people they should have more respect for their workers. There’s an inauthenticity to how they talk about workers and clearly voters feel the same thing.”The Democratic National Committee (DNC) Staff Union lashed out at the party after it laid off hundreds of employees.
“The Democratic National Committee is facing the fallout of callous and short-sighted mismanagement by senior leadership,” the union said in a statement.
DNC Staff Union
@dncstaffunion
One day’s notice, no severance—the DNC fights for workers, just not their own.
Full statement below:
https://twitter.com/dncstaffunion/status/1858452951372550236The DNC fired the permanent employees without severance pay.
The leadership has yet to tell the union “the full extent of these layoffs and whether additional cuts are planned.”
The union also said the DNC told these employees they would keep their jobs after the election:
Despite record-breaking fundraising, the DNC failed to provide any financial support to those who have tirelessly served the Democratic Party and its mission. Unlike the Harris-Walz campaign, which provided three weeks of severance to its staff, the DNC’s senior leadership has chosen to leave loyal staff scrambling to cover rent, medical expenses, and childcare costs.
Among those now facing uncertainty are workers expecting new children and single parents who have dedicated their lives to our party. Scores of experienced staff, some who have been here as many as four decades, will see their institutional knowledge vanish overnight due to this rushed mass layoff. The individuals whose decision throughout the campaign created this situation remain on payroll, while these workers are left with nothing.
More:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/11/democratic-party-union-ticked-off-over-dnc-layoffs/
