Take Action: Please Co-Sponsor Legislation Seeking to Ensure Compliance with Labor Laws in the Micro-Transit Industry (S-2931 / A-3315) Please take a moment RIGHT NOW and CLICK HERE to ask your State Senator and two Assembly members to co-sponsor legislation seeking to end the exploitation of workers in this industry. Micro-transit is an industry that is rapidly…Read More

TAKE ACTION! Ask your Legislators to Co-Sponsor Legislation to Regulate AI’s Impact on Workers and Public Services Please take a moment and CLICK HERE to send a pre-written e-mail to your State Senator and two Assembly members asking them to cosponsor this important bill! American workers are increasingly hired, compensated, disciplined, and fired by algorithms that are…Read More

TODAY IN THE STATE HOUSE Hours of Testimony In Support of Recently Enacted Regulations on the ABC Test for Independent Contractor Status Determination Presented to the Senate Labor Committee The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks all the union representatives and worker advocates that testified in today’s Senate Labor Committee to stress the importance of the recently…Read More

Congressman Norcross Leads 47 Democrats, Including NJ Representatives McIver and Menendez, in Standing Up for Workers on Independent Contractor Rules At the state level, New Jersey recently enacted positive regulations on the same topic, but the business community is seeking to undo the progress to increase profits at the expense of workers Democrats in Congress are…Read More

SOLIDARITY ALERT ABC Test for Independent Contractor Determination Under Attack Hearing Scheduled Monday Morning to Give the NJ Business and Industry Association (BIA), the Associated Building Contractors (ABC) and “Gig” Companies a Forum to Attack Newly Adopted Regulations The New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges all affiliates to attend the Senate Labor Committee hearing this Monday,…Read More

Legislation to Create a Task Force on Higher Education Governance and Funding Released from Committee Higher Education in New Jersey is at a Crossroads and the Task Force Seeks to Develop a Long Term Strategy for Sustainability Today A-1326 (Miller / Carter) was released from the Senate Higher Education Committee along party lines by a…Read More

On May Day, we celebrate all that we have accomplished through our labor movement. Throughout our history, workers have fought for the right to organize, for an eight-hour workday, and for safe workplaces. Today, we continue that fight for a better future for all working people. May Day serves as a powerful reminder that our…Read More

Congressman Donald Norcross Leads 47 Democrats in Letter Opposing the Trump Administration’s Worker Misclassification Rule The New Jersey State AFL-CIO applauds our union brother and Labor Caucus Co-Chair, Congressman Donald Norcross (CD-1) (IBEW 351,) for leading 47 House Democrats in a letter urging Acting Secretary of Labor Sonderling to “maintain the strong 2024 independent contractor standard under the FLSA…Read More

We Mourn for the Dead, and Fight for the Living On April 28, 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Act went into effect, representing a new chapter for our labor movement and for all working people, promising safe jobs for workers across every sector of our labor movement. This victory did not come without sacrifice….Read More