For Immediate Release: The Federation of Workplace Democracies (FWD-MN) Endorses Cam Gordon for City Council Ward 2
FWD-MN (pronounced Forward Minnesota), a federation of 8 Minnesota worker cooperatives, volunteer collectives, and democratically run non-profits, has endorsed Green Party Candidate Cam Gordon for City Council in Ward 2. Gordon is the first candidate FWD-MN has ever endorsed. Their unprecedented show of support comes from a strong conviction that Gordon shares their values and will aid their mission of providing support for the continued success of democratic workplaces, creating and encouraging opportunities for new democratic workplaces, and spreading knowledge and awareness of democratic workplaces. "Cam Gordon shares our values of self-reliance, cooperation, participatory democracy, transparency, and sustainable development," said John Langley, a FWD-MN board member. "We know he will fight for workers’ rights and strongly support worker cooperatives." "I am pleased and honored to accept this historic endorsement from the Federation of Workplace Democracies," said Gordon. "This is especially significant because so many of our oldest, youngest and most successful worker-run businesses are located in the 2nd Ward." "Too often city policy has played a role in fueling the growth of large corporations at the expense of small businesses," Gordon continued. "Yet it is our small home-grown businesses that bring character, needed services and good jobs to our neighborhoods. I look forward to moving our city in a new direction where the priority is on supporting our small businesses and cooperatives and curbing the kinds of large-scale, big-box, formula development that conflicts with the vision so many of us have for our City and our neighborhoods." A Worker Cooperative is a business in which the workers are all equal owners and have democratic control of decisions. Worker Cooperatives distribute profits based on proportion of hours worked by their worker-owners. FWD-MN is part of an emergent network of democratically run organizations and worker owned businesses that includes similar federations in Portland, Oregon, the San Francisco Bay Area, a national federation, and an international body formed of worker cooperative federations. For more information on Cam Gordon, please visit camgordon.org. For more information on FWD-MN, please visit mncooperate.org. Robin Garwood Campaign Manager, Neighbors for Cam Gordon Seward REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
