Official account for the Rochester chapter of the NY Working Families Party. Subscribe here for updates, event info and more! Chapter Personnel: Kim Smith and Jordan Hughes (Co-Chairs), Matt Witten (Secretary), Geovaira Hernandez (WFP WNY Organizer)https://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ll2q4fssq22gToday at 2:30 PM at 5 sandpiper lane, Tonia Ettinger and other candidates running on the WFP line in pittsford will be hosting a drive-up event to collect signatures for petitioning! If you're a registered WFP voter, come on by if you got time!23 Mar 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2q4fssq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ll2ouby76c2gOut today at an event to collect WFP petition signatures for two of our candidates on the W side, Marvin Stepherson and Tonia Ettinger!23 Mar 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2ouby76c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lhynji2rf223https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2025-02-10/second-lawsuit-charges-town-of-greece-placed-tracking-devices-on-citizens-vehicles Now there's not one but two lawsuits out of suburban Greece (home to a powerful republican political machine) alleging town government officials planted GPS trackers on residents' cars in response to critics. Politics in metro Rochester are off the rails12 Feb 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhynji2rf223https://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lhlya2pyqs2707 Feb 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlya2pyqs27https://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lgjxs2hewk2hYeah, because THAT is where the threat to "functioning democracy" comes from; not the actual Nazis who are running the federal government but the people being mean to the Nazis online. Bunch of pros they got over there at @washingtonpost.com pure talent25 Jan 2025 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjxs2hewk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lgjwedwe4k2hSomething to look forward to is when the inevitable backlash against Trumpism begins and people like Kathy Hochul (who has been doing her best Neville Chamberlain inlression since the day after the election) try to retroactively portray themselves as having been Resistance Heroes [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2025 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjwedwe4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lgjtep7vw22sWe can confirm that it has been cold as hell here in Rochester and that the decision made by @seiu1199nw.bsky.social to postpone their picketing a few days was the right call. Hopefully URMHC will stop pushing its workers around and come to the table for real before this turns into a lengthy strike25 Jan 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjtep7vw22shttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lggdgw5uuk2hThe point being, of course, that there is literally nobody in America willing to take a job as Trump's attorney general who is worthy of being Attorney General (or even really just an Attorney) [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggdgw5uuk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lgdkyslwwk2yThis is the kind of thing we were referring to in a recent post, about Trump alienating the entire country in a record amount of time. But who knows, maybe we're wrong; and letting some insufferable, gazillionaire tech bro run riot through the entire federal government will be super popular [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdkyslwwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lgbwr6l3xs2xhttps://www.wxxinews.org/show/connections/2025-01-21/following-the-deadly-beating-of-robert-brooks-sr-prison-reform-advocates-renew-calls-for-change Prisons in New York and the rest of the United States are frequently violent, corrupt and bereft of any transparency or accountability to see that the rights of the inmates are not just theoretical. It's long past time for change21 Jan 2025 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbwr6l3xs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lgap3p4g3s27https://www.whec.com/local/rochester-union-honors-mlk-day-with-community-arts-and-advocacy/ Congrats to our good friends at the @seiu.org 1199 for a successful event honoring a titan of democracy and activism21 Jan 2025 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgap3p4g3s27https://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lg7gfceqnk2jIt's almost nauseating watching the party in DC right now. But the good news is that Trump and his party are so cartoonishly evil that the more they take, the angrier America will become; and once groups like the WFP @workingfamilies.org organize & channel that anger, project 2025 is totally screwed20 Jan 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7gfceqnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lfsla6bfe22oIt must be nice to be so totally bereft of anything resembling a soul or a conscience that you're comfortable taking advantage of a horrific natural disaster to price gouge a bunch of newly homeless fire victims, in a city where housing costs are already out of control [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsla6bfe22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lfokoobjc22jThe only thing more annoying than watching so many rich and influential people crawling on their hands and knees to DC to lick Trump's boots is listening to mainstream journalists talk about this revolting display of cowardice and greed like it's some evidence of statesmanship on Trump's part [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2025 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfokoobjc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lfnidpkz6s2bOn the 28th of January the Free Art Collective (one of a superabundance of artistic and cultural groups large and small throughout metro Rochester) is hosting a free dinner for the community! If you're hungry, you're welcome to attend; you can contact https://www.instagram.com/freeart.collective?igsh=dHFtcGtyN3FoMHMy for questions!13 Jan 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnidpkz6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lflbyw34s22hhttps://youtu.be/PeeOPR8bxac?si=xHmodFu-BxnQgG41 Everybody do the bus stop! And by that we mean that It's a great time to get on board with @nywfp.bsky.social 's fight for greater investment in public transportation (though you are free to do the dance as well)12 Jan 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lflbyw34s22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lfg7pgibc225We are proud to have many of the key activists and leaders who fought so hard for this victory as chapter members. Without the efforts of CWTU activists like Lisle Coleman, Oscar Brewer, Ryan Acuff, our friends on city council would have been outvoted and the full Good Cause would not have passed10 Jan 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfg7pgibc225https://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3lfg7eqmynk25Back from a brief holiday hiatus to deliver to you the BREAKING NEWS that a short time ago, Mayor Evans signed the Good Cause eviction protections into law. Tenants in Rochester now have, for the first time ever, basic protections against unwarranted eviction and extortionate rent increases!!!10 Jan 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfg7eqmynk25https://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldtsy6thjk2hhttps://www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event/744942/ It's the social event of the holiday season! (No but for real, we've had a lot of people sign up already despite having a short window to notify folks and promote this thing) event is open to the public, starts at 6 click the link to RSVP!21 Dec 2024 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtsy6thjk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldtpyxxbo22hAll we want for Christmas this year is for Amazon to stop screwing around and keep to the agreements they made with @sbworkersunited.org (after all it's not like Brian Niccol or any of their other execs are willing to don aprons and start pulling shifts to keep the stores running themselves) [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Dec 2024 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtpyxxbo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldtpa344z22hhttps://www.whec.com/top-news/employees-at-amazon-center-in-gates-will-picket-to-support-downstate-workers-on-strike/ Very proud of all the local Amazon workers who braved a snowstorm to join others like them picketing downstate today because the company thinks it can just stall forever instead of negotiating in good faith with the @teamsters.bsky.social to reach a contract21 Dec 2024 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtpa344z22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldt4ovmru22fhttps://www.rochesterfirst.com/rochester/some-landlords-concerned-after-good-cause-eviction-legislation-passes-in-rochester/amp/ This holiday season, it's important that we take some time to think about those who are less fortunate, people like this landlord complaining about the passage of Good Cause. Nobody understands their pain21 Dec 2024 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldt4ovmru22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldlnzepyek2nWe've got another event to invite people to (not our event persay, but one being held by chapter member and loyal friend of the party @kellycheatle.bsky.social ) Kelly is a great host and there are bound to be a lot of cool people present, so get your tickets now! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pastapal18 Dec 2024 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlnzepyek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldlijjle3c2ghttps://www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event/744942/ Hey gang; come on down this Sat evening to get a drink and hang out with the Rochester chapter of the NY Working Families Party! The event is public/open to anyone who wants to learn more about us, meet our newly elected leaders etc. just click on the link and RSVP18 Dec 2024 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlijjle3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldk5pazja22qThrilled to announce that Rochester City Council just passed the strongest version of Good Cause Eviction Protections! Congrats to our @nywfp.bsky.social -backed allies on council, activists from citywide tenants union and other organizations and so many others worked tirelessly to make this happen18 Dec 2024 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldk5pazja22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wfp-roc.bsky.social/post/3ldjigwasps2cThe retail industry can be unpleasant, something our party understands (in fact one of the two people who chair our chapter works retail) and it's especially hard this time of year. So listen to the @rwdsu.bsky.social and show these folks the kindness and respect they deserve ‼️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Dec 2024 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:hdmrrvuevm6tq3dknppc32ly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjigwasps2c