Legislative Affairs
New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Rises to $10/Hour
Posted OnJuly 1, 2019 byHundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans are getting a raise today, the first in our state’s multi-year move toward a $15-an-hour minimum wage. Today’s wage hike, from $8.85 to $10, comes five months after Governor Murphy signed landmark legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. After today, the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by $1 per hour every January 1st until it reaches $15 per hour in 2024.Read More
Congressman Norcross Introduces the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act
Posted OnJune 27, 2019 by
As we near the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidate, is leading the charge on legislation that would guarantee public-service workers in every state have the right to stand together and negotiate for fair wages and working conditions.Read More
House Approves Rep. Pascrell’s Postal Banking Amendment
Posted OnJune 26, 2019 by
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is pleased to announce that U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has offered a bipartisan amendment to the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill, allocating $1,000,000 in funding to establish a modern postal banking system.Read More
TODAY AT THE STATE HOUSE: Labor Harmony Agreement Legislation Advances
Posted OnJune 18, 2019 byBill Concerning Sign Fabrication and Project Labor Agreements Also Released from the Senate Labor Committee
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO was proud to join with RWDSU and the Hotel Trades Council today in favor of legislation S-3923, sponsored by Senator Fred Madden, which was debated by the Senate Labor Committee. If enacted, the bill would establish “Labor Harmony Agreements” for hospitality projects.Read More
Governor Murphy Signs ‘Panic Button’ Bill to Protect Hotel Workers from Assaults, Harassment
Posted OnJune 11, 2019 byNew Jersey Passes First Statewide Law Mandating Panic Devices for Hotel Workers
Hundreds of hotel workers, union leaders and elected officials gathered at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City today to witness the signing of a bill requiring hotels to equip certain employees with “panic buttons” for their protection against inappropriate conduct by guests.Read More
Senate Passes Panic Button Bill
Posted OnMay 30, 2019 by
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and Unite Here Local 54 President Bob McDevitt led a delegation of casino and hotel workers today in Trenton to lobby on behalf of S-2986/A-4439—a bill requiring hotels to provide panic buttons to employees for protection from unsafe working conditions, violence, and sexual assault while performing housekeeping duties. We are proud to report that the bill passed unanimously by a vote of 37-0.Read More
Congressman Norcross Signs Protect the Right to Organize Act
Posted OnMay 28, 2019 byEight U.S. Representatives in New Jersey Co-Sponsor Bill to Protect and Strengthen the Collective Power of Workers
Rep. Donald Norcross, a New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidate, is leading the charge on yet another pro-worker bill. The new bill, the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019, would modernize the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and strengthen the collective power of workers to negotiate for better pay and working conditions.Read More
Today in the State House
Posted OnMay 23, 2019 byState Assembly Approves Bills Concerning Prevailing Wages, Health Insurance for Locked Out Workers, Safety Protections for Hotel Employees and Subcontracting of Education Services
The State Assembly today advanced several bills supported by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO. We thank Speaker Coughlin for advancing these measures and all sponsors for their leadership. We also thank the members of the Assembly who voted in favor and all the affiliated unions that lobbied in support of these legislative priorities.Read More
Congressman Norcross Pushes for Bipartisan Infrastructure Investments
Posted OnMay 16, 2019 by
As part of Infrastructure Week 2019, Congressman Donald Norcross, Co-Chair of the Congressional Building Trades Caucus, joined building trade leaders at a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the need for infrastructure investments.Read More
TODAY IN TRENTON: Senate and Assembly Vote in Favor of Pro-Worker Legislation Concerning Prevailing Wage and Wage Theft
Posted OnMarch 25, 2019 byTwo pro-labor bills supported by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO, one concerning the prevailing wage and another seeking to combat wage theft by employers, were favorably voted out of the State Assembly and Senate today. We would like to thank the sponsors of these bills and the State Senate and Assembly members who voted in favor.Read More