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Heroes get military-style thanks at Vineland Veterans Home
Posted OnJune 10, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council and the Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council held a Heroes Celebration at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Vineland on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, to thank and honor the frontline union brothers and sisters on staff at the home, to thank the home’s administrators, and to…Read More
Morale boosted by Heroes Celebration at Menlo Park Veterans Home
Posted OnJune 8, 2020 by The New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council and the Middlesex/Somerset Central Labor Council held a Heroes Celebration at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Menlo Park in Edison on Monday, June 8, 2020, to thank and honor the frontline union brothers and sisters on staff at the home, to thank the home’s administrators,…Read More
Spirits lifted by Heroes Celebration at Paramus Veterans Home
Posted OnJune 3, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council and the Bergen Central Labor Council held a Heroes Celebration at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, to honor the frontline union brothers and sisters on staff at the home, to thank them and the home’s administrators, and to humbly thank…Read More
This is what solidarity looks like:
Posted OnMay 28, 2020 byUnion brothers and sisters in Atlantic City lend a hand up, with smiles and energy Though the clouds masked the sunshine, the social-distancing face coverings could not mask the smiles of union brothers and sisters who volunteered their time, energy and elbow grease to serve fellow union members and Atlantic City residents in need at…Read More
Solidarity Alert! Reminder — Operation Feed Atlantic City has food distribution Thursday
Posted OnMay 26, 2020 byUnion volunteers will again gather at Bader Field in Atlantic City on Thursday, May 28, to distribute emergency food kits to fellow union brothers and sisters, as well as members of the greater Atlantic City community, who have been hit hard by the casino industry shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Working families in need…Read More
Solidarity Alert: Operation Feed Atlantic City has food distribution May 28
Posted OnMay 21, 2020 byA generous donation of baked goods coordinated by the Bakery Confectionery Tobacco and Grain Millers International Union will be the highlight of a food distribution sponsored by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Union volunteers will again gather at Bader…Read More
District 1199J thanks and honors frontline heroes with drive-by Solidarity parades
Posted OnMay 15, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”13″ display=”pro_horizontal_filmstrip”]How do you thank frontline health care workers for their lifesaving and life-affirming work? For the sisters and brothers of District 1199J, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, one answer is simple: With heroes parades. Flying Solidarity flags, shaking pompons and waving from behind their cars’ closed windows…Read More
Atlantic City workers get solidarity, emotional boost from union members at food distribution
Posted OnMay 14, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”12″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks volunteers from every sector of labor who toiled and generously donated funds in the spirit of solidarity to bring courtesy, friendliness and, most of all, dignity to Atlantic City casino industry workers and other community members along with much-needed foodstuffs. Two months after the coronavirus pandemic…Read More
Donate PPE to help your brothers and sisters on the front lines
Posted OnApril 1, 2020 byThe State Troopers Fraternal Association and the Health Professionals and Allied Employees – more than 15,000 union brothers and sisters serving as the “tip of the spear” in the war on COVID-19, are asking members of the public, small business owners and operators, and large corporations alike to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to…Read More
UFCW Local 360 gets workers, employers together, and gets out the vote
Posted OnFebruary 11, 2020 byUFCW Local 360 hosted a Union-Employer Job Fair on Oct. 11, 2019. Eighteen employers whose staffs we represent participated: grocery stores, pharmacies, nursing homes, food manufacturers and municipalities It was a success, and we will be doing it again. We educated the public about our union and about how having a union job and being…Read More