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Last Thursday, workers with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were told they would be laid off without severance and with little notice, according to the DNC's union. The cuts included some longtime workers of the organization, the union said.

With the election over, the DNC intends to downsize from about 680 staff to fewer than 200. Some degree of seasonality is expected in political campaign jobs. But this degree is unusual"and has affected DNC staffers who've stayed with the organization across several campaigns, or even multiple decades, according to the union.

One former DNC union member, whose last day was Friday, said she was shocked. "For a lot of folks, this is life-altering," said the laid-off employee, who spoke with Mother Jones on the condition of anonymity.

"Amongst the members that were laid off includes one deeply beloved union member who worked at the DNC for 38 years," the staffer said. "So I push back against the claim that this is normal, because we have members who have been here for decades who are shocked and angry and trying to figure out how they're going to survive this layoff."

In a statement to the Washington Post, the DNC said that "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."

A DNC official told Mother Jones that all workers were informed of the possibility of layoffs as early as September 13, and that 95 percent of those being let go had a post-election end date in their offer letter.

But one laid-off worker who spoke with Mother Jones said that she, like some other employees, felt pressured into leaving a full-time role for a temporary contract position prior to the election. ...

Could it have been handled better? Absolutely.

This is not the way to win the vote of unions in subsequent elections.

@#7 ... But that Has nothing to do with how Denocrats treat their workers and the sycophants that support them. ...

An over-generalization.

Let me expound upon something I experienced....

Back in the day, when I managed a Software Engineering team for a Top-Ten S&P100 company, I was told of impending layoffs.

I was told that I had to lay off the bottom 10% performers on my team.

I objected strenuously because I had already removed the low performers from the team. I objected to the equation of my good management techniques with other departments that had poor such techniques.

I was over-ruled.

Lay-off 10% of the team, that was the dictum.

And I will also add that this layoff occurred a week before Christmas that year. Yeah, this was the Christmas present the corporation gave to its employees.

Long story short, shortly thereafter I left that corporation for another company because of the manner in which the company treated its employees.

Laying off employees the week before Christmas?

The company explained it to me as, ~well, we want a lower budget going into next year, so we have to dump thse employees this year.~

A callous treatment of workers? imo, absolutely.

@#10 ... So you won't be supporting Democrats? ...

For me, it is not a one-issue thing.

For starters, I look to the Constitution, and how a party supports the Constitution.

So, at step one in my decision process, the MAGA cult loses.

But this is 2024, and the next election is a year away.

So, both the Republicans and the Democrats (and, here in CT, Independents) will have opportunities to convince me to vote for them.

So in in answer to your question... So you won't be supporting Democrats?

Too soon to tell.

What has your current alias got to convince me one way or the other? Besides the usual insults?

@#12 ... The party can do what it wants to its workers and you will defend, promote and vote for them. ...

I agree with the former, though I do not like that approach.

Per the GOP, an employer seems to be able do what it wants to its workers. And I am as surprised as you are that the DNC seems to have adopted the GOP tactics towards employees.

And, I'll add, that approach towards employees is likely why unions have been increasing in popularity of late.

But for the latter, I'd proffer that my comments on this thread (and others) indicate otherwise. I will say overtly, how the DNC handled this matter is wrong.

For starters on how I fell towards workers, my #4 here ...

... Could it have been handled better? Absolutely.

This is not the way to win the vote of unions in subsequent elections. ...

So....

What else yer got?

@#14 ... You haven't figured out that the parties have traded positions and the Democrats are the party of the rich and powerful. ...

Back in Trump 1.0, his obedient Congress passed a tax bill that moved $2trillion dollars to the already wealthy. And now in Trump 2.0, he wants to renew that bill.

Not one Democrat voted for that bill back in 2017 when the Republicans passed it.

So... what else yer got?