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Take Action! We need the PRO Act NOW!
Posted OnApril 8, 2021 byToday is the AFL-CIO National Day of Action for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Our U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker have always supported working…Read More
Solidarity Alert! Support Teamsters GOTV!
Posted OnMarch 22, 2021 byOur brothers and sisters are Getting Out the Union Vote! Drivers at Shred-it in Lawrenceville have filed for an election to be represented by Teamsters Local 469. Management at Shred-it…Read More
Today at the State House: Legislative Update
Posted OnFebruary 24, 2021 by— Workers Comp Benefit Increase for Dependents of Essential Workers Who Died of COVID Released from Committee and Posted for Assembly Floor Vote — Higher Education Anti-Subcontracting Bill Released from…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO recalls COVID victims
Posted OnFebruary 22, 2021 byState Labor federation thanks NJ elected officials for leadership Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey’s essential workers have labored on the front lines of health care, police and fire, transportation…Read More
Take Action: Ask NJ delegation in Congress to pass the PRO Act
Posted OnFebruary 4, 2021 byPlease write our New Jersey elected officials in our Congressional delegation and ask them to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act now. All New Jersey members of the…Read More
Take Action Immediately! Ask Assembly to pass bills to support frontline workers fighting COVID
Posted OnDecember 16, 2020 byCOVID has had a major negative health impact on essential workers and their families. Two bills in the Assembly — A-3998 and A-4129 — would help us protect them as…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
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…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…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