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Solidarity and hope on Thanksgiving 2020’s menu
Posted OnNovember 19, 2020 byFor a Thanksgiving like no other in a city like no other, solidarity brightened what could have been a difficult holiday for thousands of laid-off union brothers and sisters and the Atlantic City community through Operation Feed Atlantic City’s Special Holiday Food Distribution. Click here for a special video and photo gallery. A week before…Read More
Union veterans honor retired veterans on 11-11-2020
Posted OnNovember 11, 2020 byOn Veterans Day 2020, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council delivered union-made baked snacks in the spirit of solidarity to honor the retirees living at New Jersey’s three veterans homes — Paramus, Menlo Park and Vineland — and to veterans who frequent the VA Medical Center in East Orange. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”34″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Brothers…Read More
President Callahan of Operating Engineers lifts Holiday Food Drive
Posted OnOctober 29, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO is deeply grateful to James T. Callahan, General President of the International Union of Operating Engineers, for a $10,000 donation to Operation Feed Atlantic City’s Holiday Meal Drive for union brothers and sisters. President Callahan’s generous donation will go a long way toward the success of these two food distributions…Read More
Union brothers and sisters care for laid-off workers
Posted OnOctober 15, 2020 byOperation Feed Atlantic City “When hard-working people are laid off,” New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech said, “the food we provide helps them feed their children while at the same time lets them know that their union family cares.” On Thursday, Oct. 15, for the 11th time since the coronavirus pandemic walloped the casinos…Read More
Labor Gets Out the Word: Atlantic/Cape May CLC in pictures
Posted OnOctober 10, 2020 byUnion brothers and sisters Got Out the Word about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting through a literature drop organized by the Atlantic/Cape May Central Labor Council on Saturday, Oct. 10. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”31″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Labor Gets Out the Word: Burlington CLC in pictures
Posted OnOctober 3, 2020 byUnion brothers and sisters Got Out the Word about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting through a literature drop organized by the Burlington Central Labor Council on Saturday, Oct. 3. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”29″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Solidarity comes through for recipients at Operation Feed Atlantic City
Posted OnOctober 1, 2020 byDifferent month, same need. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Agency and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey held a food distribution event at Bader Field in Atlantic City on Thursday, Oct. 1. For the 10th time in 20 weeks, brothers and sisters from Atlantic…Read More
Solidarity and cookies lift spirits at Operation Feed Atlantic City
Posted OnSeptember 17, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”28″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Nurses bring their healing touch with them wherever they go, and members of Shore Nurses/NYSNA added a touch of sweetness to the Operation Feed Atlantic City food-distribution program on Thursday, Sept. 17, with a donation of 500 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that helped heal the spirits of laid-off union members and…Read More
Labor Gets Out the Word: Middlesex/Somerset CLC in pictures
Posted OnSeptember 12, 2020 byOn Saturday, Sept. 12, union brothers and sisters prepared literature about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting for distribution through literature drops organized by the Middlesex/Somerset Central Labor Council. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”30″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Pre-Labor Day food distribution demonstrates union values, strength of unity
Posted OnSeptember 3, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”27″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]For the eighth time in 16 weeks, laid-off unionized casino industry workers volunteered their day and their sweat to help distribute food kits to their fellow workers and the Atlantic City community. “It’s a great testament to solidarity, to trade unionism and the bonds shared among organized labor members,” New Jersey State…Read More