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NJ AFL-CIO celebrates 1,091st Labor Candidate victory as Sera becomes new mayor of Brigantine
Posted OnSeptember 4, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidates Program celebrates 1,091 victories as Vince Sera, a proud member of AFSCME 63, became Brigantine’s new mayor Wednesday night. The state labor federation congratulates Brother Sera and wishes him continued success. He had been acting mayor since the spring, after the city’s elected mayor Andy Simpson was hospitalized….Read More
24th annual Labor Candidates School graduates have skills, insights for running successful Election 2020 campaigns
Posted OnAugust 21, 2020 byThe nationally acclaimed New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidates School has equipped its 24th annual class of labor candidates with cutting-edge strategies for Election 2020, a historic and unprecedented vote in an equally historic and unprecedented year. With their successful completion of the Labor Candidates School, the labor candidates are now among nearly 50 union…Read More
24th annual Labor Candidates School goes all-digital, teaches how to win during pandemic
Posted OnAugust 11, 2020 byThe coronavirus is changing the way New Jersey votes, and the New Jersey State AFL-CIO is adapting. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s 24th annual Labor Candidates School has gone digital, teaching its class of labor candidates How to Run a Successful Election Campaign During the Pandemic. Social distancing has eliminated many traditional campaign techniques, so union sisters and brothers who are…Read More
Your vote is your voice! Be heard! Register and vote!
Posted OnJune 5, 2020 byEvery vote counts as NJ State AFL-CIO celebrates 1,090 Labor Candidate victories
Posted OnMay 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Weldon Montague, a Labor 2020 candidate and union brother with CWA 1037, who won a nail-biter of an election to an at-large seat on the City of Orange Township Council. On May 12, Brother Weldon was up by only one vote. When the final vote-by-mail ballots were received and…Read More
IAFF brother Leonard Minkler elected as a fire commissioner
Posted OnFebruary 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our union brother Leonard Minkler, a member of IAFF 3527, who won election to the Toms River Board of Fire Commissioners, District 1, on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Len is a 25-year career firefighter. Since its creation in 1997, the Union Labor Candidates Program of the state AFL-CIO has…Read More
Labor candidate Tolomeo joins Stratford Township Council
Posted OnFebruary 4, 2020 byMichael Tolomeo, a brother with IBEW 351, has been sworn in as a member of the Stratford Township Council to fill an unexpired term. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates brother Tolomeo and wishes him great success as he serves his community as well as all the working families of the Garden State. Under state…Read More
Gov. Murphy Signs Law Enhancing NJ’s VBM Program
Posted OnAugust 29, 2019 byOn Wednesday, August 28, Gov. Murphy signed into law a bill clarifying a previous piece of legislation that dealt with enrollment in the state’s vote by mail (VBM) program. Primary sponsors of the bill (S4069) include Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones, Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt, Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro, Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker and Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson.Read More
Ahead of Election Season, New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s Labor Candidates School Grooms New Crop of Office-Seeking Union Members
Posted OnAugust 19, 2019 by
It was a monumental weekend for 28 union members who graduated from the New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s 23rd annual Labor Candidates School on Sunday.Read More
Two Labor Candidates to Appear on Ballots in Today’s Municipal Non-partisan Elections in Cedar Grove and Margate
Posted OnJuly 31, 2019 byThe 2019 Municipal Non-Partisan Elections will take place today in the following Municipalities: Margate, Lodi, Mount Ephraim, Haddon Twp., Avalon, Sea Isle City, South Orange, Cedar Grove, Verona, West New York, North Bergen, Ocean Twp., Loch Arbour, and Passaic. New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidate Harry Kumburis, a member of IUOE Local 68, is running…Read More