I agree wholeheartedly about describing clearly how we want to put workers first but "Contract" can have a negative connotation. Work with some "working people" about what resonates with them. Perhaps Promise instead of Contract. or "putting workers first"
My sense from my years in polling and in worker organizing is that the word contract is a positive for workers. They like union contracts, for example. They like the idea that there is an ironclad legal deal that they are a part of.
Great piece, Mike. The dual mission you're describing -- resistance yes, but also re-earning the trust and support of working class folks -- is so essential. I fear that too many progressives and Dems are only paying lip service to the working class half of that equation.
In electoral terms, if we run another anti-Trump campaign without something like the contract you propose, Dems may squeak by and win the House next year. But we won't be laying the groundwork for 2028. And more importantly, we'll be failing working class families yet again.
I agree wholeheartedly about describing clearly how we want to put workers first but "Contract" can have a negative connotation. Work with some "working people" about what resonates with them. Perhaps Promise instead of Contract. or "putting workers first"
My sense from my years in polling and in worker organizing is that the word contract is a positive for workers. They like union contracts, for example. They like the idea that there is an ironclad legal deal that they are a part of.
Great piece, Mike. The dual mission you're describing -- resistance yes, but also re-earning the trust and support of working class folks -- is so essential. I fear that too many progressives and Dems are only paying lip service to the working class half of that equation.
In electoral terms, if we run another anti-Trump campaign without something like the contract you propose, Dems may squeak by and win the House next year. But we won't be laying the groundwork for 2028. And more importantly, we'll be failing working class families yet again.
Very much agreed, Frank.