Transcript of Elizabeth Warren’s speech follows: Thank you! I’m Elizabeth Warren, and this is my first Democratic Convention. Never thought I’d run for senate. And I sure never dreamed that I’d get to be the warm-up act for President Bill Clinton—an amazing man, who had the good sense to marry…
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2012 Democratic Party Platform [PDF] 2012 Democratic Party Platform[PDF] (123)
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From People’s World: “The American middle class is under assault,” the platform declares. After a prior GOP “administration that was bent on destroying unions, the president and the Democratic Party believe in the right to organize” and in “supporting American workers with strong labor laws.” While platforms are usually filed…
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Several unions are vowing not to take part in the democratic national convention: Casting North Carolina as an anti-union bastion with “regressive policies aimed at diluting the power of workers,” more than a dozen trade unions affiliated with the national AFL-CIO have told the Democratic National Committee that they will…
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