Outdated and flawed shared revenue programs that adversely affect the property tax must be reformed. Property taxes should not be the primary source of public school funding. We must restrain excessive corporate activities which result in unemployment, unfair competition, and needless corporate welfare. We support budget, tax and tariff policies that will reduce the federal deficit, rectify our trade imbalance and eliminate wasteful spending so as to maintain our infrastructure and support socially responsible projects. We are proud of our state's tradition of cooperatives, and we support these community-owned and controlled businesses.
Full employment is our top priority.
All workers have the right to organize, bargain collectively, and strike in order to achieve and maintain fair wages, benefits and safe working conditions. Public employees must have the right to speedy mediation and binding arbitration of labor disputes. The salary caps and Qualified Economic Offers on public school teachers and administrators should be repealed. We favor continuation of OSHA and other safety agencies, with funding, for enforcement of workers right to a safe and healthy workplace. We believe in a livable minimum wage with benefits.