Legislative Affairs
NJ AFL-CIO praises Murphy, Asaro-Angelo for seeking additional unemployment benefits
Posted OnAugust 26, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks Gov. Phil Murphy and state Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo for supporting laid-off workers by applying for expanded federal unemployment benefits. President Trump created the FEMA Lost Wages Supplemental Assistance Program by executive order on Aug. 8. “This will help families keep food on their tables and a roof over…Read More
Ciattarelli Wrong to Recommend Return to Failed Past Pension Policies
Posted OnAugust 25, 2020 byStatement from New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Wowkanech “Governor Murphy understands that in order to get out of our pension hole, you need to stop digging,” said New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech. “Governor Murphy is the first governor since Jim Florio to pay what is owed to the pension system each and every…Read More
What you need to know about Vote by Mail in New Jersey
Posted OnAugust 25, 2020 byBecause the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic still threatens the health and safety of New Jerseyans, Gov. Phil Murphy on Aug. 14 issued an executive order that makes Election 2020 a mostly vote-by-mail (VBM) event in the state. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges all members to know the facts about a VBM election, as per Executive…Read More
Action Alert: New Jersey needs the HEROES Act
Posted OnAugust 4, 2020 byPlease thank your Representatives and Senators … and perhaps ask your Senators to nudge their colleagues to get on board.Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks Assembly members for passing Workers Comp reform for essential workers infected by coronavirus
Posted OnJuly 30, 2020 byToday in the State House The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the New Jersey State Assembly and Speaker Craig J. Coughlin for passing the pro-labor A-3999/S-2380 and sending it to Gov. Phil Murphy to sign into law. The state labor federation also thanks and commends our many affiliates who advocated tirelessly for this bill’s passage,…Read More
Action Alert! Ask Assembly to pass COVID-19 workers comp reforms
Posted OnJuly 28, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges all affiliates and their members to contact their New Jersey State Assembly members and ask them to pass A-3999. The pro-labor A-3999 seeks to reform the workers compensation system to aid essential workers who were infected with coronavirus on the job. A-3999 has been scheduled for a vote in…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks Assembly committee for advancing COVID-19 workers comp reforms
Posted OnJuly 27, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the members of the New Jersey State Assembly Appropriations Committee who voted in support of essential workers. A-3999 advanced by a 7-4 vote along party lines on Monday, July 27, 2020. The bill seeks to reform the workers compensation system to aid essential workers who were infected with coronavirus…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Announces 2020 Endorsements
Posted OnJuly 21, 2020 byTRENTON, N.J., July 21, 2020 – The New Jersey State AFL-CIO today announced endorsements for U.S. President, U.S. Senator and 12 U.S. Representatives from New Jersey, and 48 rank-and-file union members running for county and local offices throughout the state. The endorsements for the 2020 General Election were made during a meeting of the New…Read More
Solidarity Alert! Urge Congress to fund USCIS and stop AFGE furloughs
Posted OnJuly 9, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges all affiliates to contact their members of Congress and press for $1.2 billion in emergency funding to save AFGE brothers and sisters from furloughs starting Aug. 3. We need to stand in solidarity with them in this crisis. More than 13,000 employees nationwide at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…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 Defense Authorization Act of 2021 out of the House Armed Services Committee. The bill, which creates and preserves jobs at military bases in New Jersey…Read More