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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 people, and they continue to make their support clear by co-sponsoring the PRO Act. Let’s show them how much we appreciate their pro-union stances, and…Read More
Sherrill updates Union Veterans Council on PRO Act, American Rescue Plan
Posted OnApril 7, 2021 byApril 7, 2021 The Union Veterans Council of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO today received timely updates on two critical pieces of pro-labor legislation – the PRO Act and the American Rescue Plan – from a fellow veteran with union roots, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-11th District. New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech, Secretary-Treasurer Laurel…Read More
Today at the State House
Posted OnMarch 25, 2021 by“Buy American,” Project Labor Agreements and Healthy Terminals Act Pass the Assembly The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19) for posting three pro-labor bills today and thanks all the legislators who voted in favor of these pieces of legislation. All three bill have already passed the State Senate and are now on…Read More
Smith stands with Teamsters organizing workers at Shred-it
Posted OnMarch 25, 2021 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks union-endorsed Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th District, for continuing his long support of the labor movement by standing with our Teamsters brothers and sisters who are organizing the workers at Shred-it in Lawrenceville. Congressman Smith visited Teamsters Local 469’s election drive on Wednesday, March 24, as Shred-it workers voted…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO congratulates Union Brother Marty Walsh on his confirmation as Labor secretary
Posted OnMarch 22, 2021 byThe 1 million members of the New Jersey labor movement are thrilled to congratulate our Union Brother Marty Walsh on his confirmation as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Senate voted 68-29 on March 22, 2021. “Our Brother Marty Walsh – a second-generation dues-paying member of LIUNA – is a man who knows…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 is using all the usual tricks to pressure the workers to vote no on the Union. But these drivers and helpers are ready to VOTE YES…Read More
One year later, our commitment still stands
Posted OnMarch 18, 2021 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”39″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]“Our brothers and sisters will never go hungry,” New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech said as he looked at lanes of cars waiting for the start of Operation Feed Atlantic City on March 18. “One year since the deadly virus shut down the casinos, the need is still great,” he said,…Read More
President Biden signs the American Rescue Plan to aid all families
Posted OnMarch 11, 2021 byMarch 11, 2021 President Joe Biden has wasted no time in signing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law, affixing his signature to the historic COVID relief and economic stimulus package a day ahead of schedule. “The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is grateful to our president for his leadership in bringing this much-needed assistance…Read More
History is being made daily by heroic women
Posted OnMarch 11, 2021 byThroughout the past 12 months of COVID, women emerged as history-makers in government, business, union halls, workplaces and family homes. From the White House to the house down the street, women’s collaborative leadership skills and perspectives helped forge solutions to unprecedented challenges to America’s physical, psychological, emotional and economic health. A woman is now vice…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO commends and thanks House members for PRO Act passage
Posted OnMarch 10, 2021 byDebate and a vote on the legislation are pending in the Senate With House of Representatives passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act yesterday, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO joins with all of America’s labor movement and President Joe Biden in urging the Senate to pass these long-overdue historic reforms. “We are grateful…Read More