The Democratic National Committee (DNC) Staff Union lashed out at the party after it laid off hundreds of employees.
“The Democratic National Committee is facing the fallout of callous and short-sighted mismanagement by senior leadership,” the union said in a statement.
The DNC fired the permanent employees without severance pay.
The leadership has yet to tell the union “the full extent of these layoffs and whether additional cuts are planned.”
The union also said the DNC told these employees they would keep their jobs after the election:
Despite record-breaking fundraising, the DNC failed to provide any financial support to those who have tirelessly served the Democratic Party and its mission. Unlike the Harris-Walz campaign, which provided three weeks of severance to its staff, the DNC’s senior leadership has chosen to leave loyal staff scrambling to cover rent, medical expenses, and childcare costs.Among those now facing uncertainty are workers expecting new children and single parents who have dedicated their lives to our party. Scores of experienced staff, some who have been here as many as four decades, will see their institutional knowledge vanish overnight due to this rushed mass layoff. The individuals whose decision throughout the campaign created this situation remain on payroll, while these workers are left with nothing.
Ooooooof.
The Harris campaign raised $1 billion but is $20 million in debt.
The campaign turned into the “Harris Fight Fund,” claiming the money would go towards uncalled races.
The campaign didn’t budget and spent money on stupid decisions like $20 million on election eve concerts.
Yes, the campaign ran itself like the government: spend, spend, spend without budgeting.
“If they want to be the party of the working people they should have more respect for their workers,” one of the fired employees told Axios. “There’s an inauthenticity to how they talk about workers and clearly voters feel the same thing.”
“This scale of the layoffs is shocking people who have been here for a decade,” a current staffer told Axios. “People are blindsided by this…I’ve completely lost faith in the Democratic Party and I’m still working for them.”
A DNC spokesperson claimed the layoffs are a normal part of election cycles and the organization abided by the CBA terms:
A DNC spokesperson told Axios: “Every cycle, political organizations scale up to meet the demands, and as the cycle comes to a close, it’s a tough reality of our industry that we must part with talented, hardworking staff.”
- They added: “While the DNC has met the terms of the union agreement negotiated by the CBA, we share the entire DNC family’s frustration and continue to provide resources to all members of the team to support them in this transition.”
I wonder if the union will go after the Harris campaign since it supposedly cannot pay senior staffers.
What a mess.
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