Labor History: A brief history of the NYS Working Families Party

NEW YORK - Labor unions, leaders from the now defunct New Party, powerful non-profit advocacy groups and community organizations formed the Working Families Party (WFP) of New York in 1998. It has always upheld this labor-community alliance though the strengths of its various pillars have changed.

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