Legislative Affairs
Tell Congress: Support H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act
Posted OnMay 15, 2020 byH.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, includes an emergency workplace infectious disease standard; gives aid for state and local governments, public schools, the U.S. Postal Service, and pension funding relief; keeps workers on payrolls to avoid mass layoffs; extends unemployment insurance; provides more direct payments to working people; extends health…Read More
Action Alert! Please urge state Senate to vote Yes on presumption of infection on job
Posted OnMay 12, 2020 byLEGISLATIVE ADVISORY, MAY 12, 2020 Workers compensation reform legislation for coronavirus-infected workers released from the Senate Labor Committee along party lines Please TAKE ACTION and urge your State Senator to vote “YES” on this bill on Thursday Today, S-2380, sponsored by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Sens. Robert Singer, R-30th District, and Linda Greenstein, D-14th District,…Read More
Action Alert: Please testify on legislation reforming workers compensation for victims of COVID-19
Posted OnMay 6, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO respectfully urges you to support in-committee legislation that changes the “burden-of-proof requirement” for workers infected with the coronavirus under the state’s workers compensation system. The New Jersey State Senate Labor Committee will meet remotely on Tuesday, May 12, at 3 p.m., and on the agenda is: S-2380 (Sweeney / Singer…Read More
Register NOW to testify remotely on furlough “job-sharing” legislation
Posted OnMay 5, 2020 byLEGISLATIVE ADVISORY Coronavirus-Related Workers Compensation Bills Introduced S-2350 (Sweeney / Pou) has been posted for consideration by the Senate Appropriations Committee for this Thursday, May 7 2020 at 1:00 p.m. The legislation seeks to supplement the existing “job share” law to provide benefits for employees and savings for employers from the federal financing of UI…Read More
New Jersey Labor has a seat at the table, Murphy says in naming Restart Commission
Posted OnApril 28, 2020 byNew Jersey State AFL-CIO praises selection of National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka for state panel The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is proud and grateful that Richard L. Trumka, President of the National AFL-CIO, has agreed to serve on Gov. Phil Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Commission. As president of the 12.5-million-member AFL-CIO, Trumka is known throughout…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks House delegation for passing aid package for frontline heroes
Posted OnApril 24, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the state’s bipartisan House of Representatives delegation for voting in favor of nearly $500 billion in emergency aid to small businesses and hospitals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The bill has already been approved by the Senate, and the state AFL-CIO urges President Trump to sign it…Read More
SOLIDARITY ALERT! ATLANTIC CITY CASINO WORKERS NEED OUR HELP!
Posted OnApril 24, 2020 byAs the unprecedented economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic enters its second month, more than 10,000 of our union sisters and brothers in the casino industry in Atlantic City are struggling, are in financial limbo and are unable to put food on the table for themselves and their families. UNITE-HERE Local 54 is coordinating…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks Hudson freeholders for challenging NLRB
Posted OnApril 20, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders for unanimously urging the National Labor Relations Board to restart union elections, hear workers’ grievances and rule on unfair labor practices – activities the NLRB suspended on March 19 in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Under the Trump administration,…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO stands with whistleblowers on front lines of coronavirus pandemic
Posted OnApril 17, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO stands with all workers who speak out when they or their co-workers are put in danger on the job. Several nurses and other health care workers, our frontline heroes in the war on coronavirus, have been unjustly fired for calling out unsafe workplace conditions. We continue to demand that the…Read More
Take Action! NJHA member health care facilities must immediately stop retaliating against workers amid the lack of personal protective equipment
Posted OnApril 15, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO stands for our front-line heroes fighting the coronavirus pandemic every day. We are outraged by ongoing retaliation against health care workers for using personal protective equipment they acquired themselves or for speaking up on behalf of patients and co-workers amid this unfortunate PPE shortage, and we condemn these unjust actions. …Read More