{"id":1055783,"date":"2025-09-01T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055783"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:36:09","slug":"dnc-chair-ken-martin-statement-on-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-ken-martin-statement-on-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chair Ken Martin Statement on Labor Day\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>On Labor Day, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis Labor Day, I\u2019m calling on the entire Democratic Party to double down on the fight for working people \u2014 and that means standing shoulder to shoulder with workers, who built this country and the middle class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis fight is personal to me. I come from a union family, carried a union card myself, and for 14 years, I led the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party \u2014 the only party of its kind in America. The very first thing I did when I became DNC Chair was to meet with labor leaders in Pittsburgh \u2014 because I know that winning back the working class starts with listening to labor unions and the people they represent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and Congressional Republicans are no friend to working people. Since his first day in office, Trump has sold out working people to his billionaire donors and friends. He has filled the government with ultrawealthy cronies hostile to labor, undone key protections and regulations, reduced the minimum wage for federal contractors, and stripped collective bargaining rights from more than a million unionized federal employees \u2014 what experts called \u2018the largest single action of union-busting in American history.\u2019 The truth of the matter is that Trump and his lackeys would like nothing more than to eliminate labor unions everywhere to ensure his billionaire buddies get even richer off the backs of working Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Trump attacks working people, he\u2019s harming all American families. His reckless economic policies are jacking up prices, slowing hiring, and putting working families on the chopping block as fears of a recession take hold. His big budget betrayal kicks 17 million Americans off their health care and is expected to eliminate millions of jobs across the country. This isn\u2019t just a betrayal, it\u2019s an all-out assault on all working people to give massive tax handouts to the wealthy and well-connected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocrats are fighting for a better future for all working people and to make sure they are heard. Our Party will always champion workers\u2019 rights to organize and bargain for higher pay, better benefits, and safer workplaces. And we\u2019re fighting to make life better for working families \u2014 with affordable health care, affordable homes, and strong schools \u2014 so that every working family has the chance to get ahead and pursue the American dream. That\u2019s the future we want for working people, and we will continue to stand with labor unions in that fight \u2014 because the Democratic Party is the party for working people and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Labor Day, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cThis Labor Day, I\u2019m calling on the entire Democratic Party to double down on the fight for working people \u2014 and that means standing shoulder to shoulder with workers, who built this country and the middle class.&nbsp; \u201cThis fight is personal to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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