Legislative Affairs
The New Jersey Primary Election is TODAY!
Posted OnJuly 7, 2020 byHave you sent in your ballot for the New Jersey Primary Election? It must be dropped off or postmarked by 8 p.m. TODAY. Need help filling out your Vote By…Read More
New Jersey workers will benefit from National Defense Authorization Act
Posted OnJuly 2, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends Reps. Donald Norcross, D-1st District, Andy Kim, D-3rd District, and Mikie Sherrill, D-11th District, for their pro-labor work in advancing the National…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO applauds Assembly passage of bill that increases safety, training and wage standards at high hazard facilities
Posted OnJune 29, 2020 byOn behalf of our affiliated union, Boilermakers Local 28, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the Assembly members who supported A-805. We also thank the sponsors, Assemblymen Verrelli, D-15th District,…Read More
Action Alert! Please sign the petition urging no layoffs for the Coalition of Rutgers Unions’ members
Posted OnJune 16, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges you to sign a petition directed to Rutgers University President-designate Jonathan Holloway and the Board of Governors to stop threatening layoffs and loss of…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks state Senate for passing COLA for benefits paid to surviving dependents of COVID-19 victims
Posted OnJune 15, 2020 byPrevailing wage and project labor agreement bills also advance The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the New Jersey State Senate for passing S-2476 – Cost of Living Adjustment…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks governor for signing hotel sanitization law to limit worker exposure to COVID-19
Posted OnJune 11, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends Gov. Phil Murphy for signing into law the bill that requires hotel sanitization standards (A-4131/S-2479), sponsored by Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak, D-18th…Read More
Action Alert! Please ask your state senator to pass workers comp reform that supports families of workers who died of COVID-19
Posted OnJune 11, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the New Jersey State Senate Appropriations Committee for advancing S-2476 – Cost of Living Adjustment in Workers Compensation to Dependents of Essential…Read More
Take action! Ask Assembly to pass workers comp reform for our heroes
Posted OnJune 5, 2020 byWe still need action. Our frontline heroes are getting sick on the job, but they must prove that their infection with COVID-19 coronavirus was job-related to get their well-deserved benefits….Read More
Solidarity Alert! Ask Gov. Murphy to support HPAE in contract talks
Posted OnMay 29, 2020 byAs almost 1.8 million people in America suffered from COVID-19 and more than 100,000 died, who cared for them? Healthcare Heroes. As almost 160,000 people in New Jersey suffered from…Read More
Action Alert: Rutgers health heroes deserve a contract!
Posted OnMay 26, 2020 byRutgers University Biomedical Health Science (RBHS) faculty are on the front lines of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Yet throughout the COVID-19 crisis – in fact, for nearly two years – the…Read More