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Greens Endorse Million Worker March, Planned for October 17 in Washington, D.C. |
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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the Million Worker March, which is planned to take place in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, October 17, 2004. "The Green Party is a working people's party -- we reject the money and influence of corporate lobbies that have enthralled the Democratic and Republican parties," said Maya O'Connor, co-chair of the national party and an employee of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. "As Greens and as working people, we look forward to marching behind our party's banner and to meeting people from all over the U.S. who share our ideals," added Ms. O'Connor, who is also a member of the Newspaper Guild, which is part of Communications Workers of America. "The demands of the Million Worker March are Green Party demands." The Coordinating Committee of the Green Party, in which 43 state Green Parties are represented, voted overwhelmingly to endorse the event. The Million Worker March was proposed by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10, in response to the attacks upon working families in America, invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the millions of jobs lost under the Bush administration with the complicity of Congress. ILWU member and march organizer Clarence Thomas received a standing ovation after addressing the Coordinating Committee at the 2004 Green National Convention in Milwaukee on June 25. The Green Party's platform calls for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's restrictions on workplace organizing, living wages, single-payer national health insurance, and creation of jobs through public works programs and community-based businesses. Greens have vigorously opposed international trade authorities, such as NAFTA and FTAA, that wield the power to overrule nationally and locally enacted labor and environmental protections. MORE INFORMATION The Green Party of the United States Million Worker March Cobb/LaMarche 2004 search: ecpol, gbl |