"A Betrayal of Party Values": DNC Staff Union Statement on Staff Layoffs
After the Democratic National Committee laid off hundreds, those employees are now calling out the party over the unexpected move and its spending habits during the 2024 election cycle, according to Axios.
In the aftermath of the Harris campaign, Democrats have expressed anxiety over the potential millions of dollars in debt the DNC racked up trying to get the Vice President into the White House, four sources familiar with the situation said to Axios. Amid the fears of mounting debt, the DNC unexpectedly fired hundreds of employees, leaving many — including people in permanent and temporary positions — stunned, current and former employees told Axios.
“This scale of the layoffs is shocking people who have been here for a decade. People are blindsided by this…I’ve completely lost faith in the Democratic Party and I’m still working for them,” a current staffer told the outlet.
The party’s staff union accused the DNC of betraying party values with the surprise layoffs in a Monday statement, adding that it was a result of “short-sighted mismanagement by senior leadership.”
“The principles we champion on the national stage have been disregarded in our own workplace,” the statement read.
Since the layoffs, Axios reported that there has been an increase in anxiety about the debt the Harris campaign wracked up. A majority of Harris’ campaign funds was used for digital and TV advertising, according to Axios, but aides have started to worry about potential over-spending on bigger rallies and high-profile appearances.
The campaign paid Oprah Winfrey’s production company at least $1 million to host a celebrity-filled town hall, the Washington Examiner reported.
After the Democratic National Committee laid off hundreds, those employees are now calling out the party over the unexpected move and its spending habits during the 2024 election cycle, according to Axios.
In the aftermath of the Harris campaign, Democrats have expressed anxiety over the potential millions of dollars in debt the DNC racked up trying to get the Vice President into the White House, four sources familiar with the situation said to Axios. Amid the fears of mounting debt, the DNC unexpectedly fired hundreds of employees, leaving many — including people in permanent and temporary positions — stunned, current and former employees told Axios.
“This scale of the layoffs is shocking people who have been here for a decade. People are blindsided by this…I’ve completely lost faith in the Democratic Party and I’m still working for them,” a current staffer told the outlet.
The party’s staff union accused the DNC of betraying party values with the surprise layoffs in a Monday statement, adding that it was a result of “short-sighted mismanagement by senior leadership.”
“The principles we champion on the national stage have been disregarded in our own workplace,” the statement read.
Since the layoffs, Axios reported that there has been an increase in anxiety about the debt the Harris campaign wracked up. A majority of Harris’ campaign funds was used for digital and TV advertising, according to Axios, but aides have started to worry about potential over-spending on bigger rallies and high-profile appearances.
The campaign paid Oprah Winfrey’s production company at least $1 million to host a celebrity-filled town hall, the Washington Examiner reported.
