Support the Employee Free Choice Act - EFCA

From an Employee Rules and Policy Handbook - 2010.

Can you believe this? It sounds too bizarre - archaic - to be true, but true it is. In this particular company, the 'rule' applies to office personnel only (the manufacturing force is unionized). Wage and salary tables for the 'white collar' and 'pink' portion of their workforce are secret, and any discussion of salaries among employees is totally verboten.

Read the rest this article here. (From the April newsletter.)

Newsletter

The current issue of the Manitowoc County Democratic Party Newsletter is now online here.

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Our Mission

The mission of the Manitowoc County Democratic Party is to promote progressive values by:

1. Informing the public on issues that are important to the citizens of Manitowoc County and mobilizing them to enact progressive change.

2. Recruiting candidates to run for and win public office and providing candidates with grassroots organization and financial support.

3. Training our membership to help candidates win elections.

4. Raising significant sums of money to support this mission.

Adopted October 2005

Webster's New World Dictionary defines liberal as:
Tolerant of views differing from one's own; broad-minded. And "favoring reform or progress, as in education, religion, etc; specifically favoring political reforms tending toward democracy and personal freedom for the individual; progressive." And "giving freely; generous."

What is a Liberal?

Liberalism has had a great tradition dating back to the founding fathers and including great men and women along the way such as Franklin Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Liberalism is directly responsible for Medicare, Social Security and our Constitution. So why has it become a dirty word when its very meaning is to advance mankind? Is it a sad commentary on the hatred of a few radical right-wing politicians that would rather coddle to the wealthy than advance the will of God and act as Jesus did in helping those less fortunate? Coloradan Henrietta Hay provides an interesting insight into what a liberal truly is. Read What is a Liberal.