We support equitable sentencing standards commensurate with the crime, updating the criminal code and providing judges with sentence modification authority. We oppose the death penalty. We support an individual's right to privacy, and oppose judicial narrowing of this right. We oppose taxes or legislation imposed under the guise of gubernatorial partial veto, and support a Constitutional amendment to assure that all laws and taxes are actually approved by the legislature. Our national wealth should not be measured by the GNP but by such models as the Index of Human Development.
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 The salary caps and Qualified Economic Offers on public school teachers and administrators should be repealed.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 OSHA and other safety agencies, for enforcing workers' rights to a safe and healthy workplace. We believe in a livable minimum wage with benefits.