On Election Night, as the eyes of the nation were upon us, we celebrated monumental victories for our state and our labor movement. History was made, as our endorsed gubernatorial candidate with a 100% pro-worker record, Mikie Sherrill was declared the Governor-elect of New Jersey. Mikie will be the first female Democratic governor in our state’s history and Dr….Read More

Tonight marks a key victory for our labor movement as Mikie Sherrill has been declared the governor-elect of New Jersey. Throughout her time in office as our congresswoman, Mikie Sherrill has stood with working people on the issues that impact their livelihoods, their communities, and their workplaces. As governor, through her steadfast leadership, she will…Read More

Yesterday, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey Department of Labor announced they are suing Amazon for misclassifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as employees. This is yet another high-profile case the Murphy Administration has led to ensure workers have access to the benefits the law allows. “The Murphy Administration has…Read More

AFGE Update:  The New Jersey State AFL-CIO remains committed to standing with our members to fight these retaliatory actions against our unions. In our labor movement, an injury to one, is an injury to all. In total, the Trump administration has cost millions of federal employees, who have dedicated their careers to serving the public, the fundamental…Read More

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO stands with the Air Line Pilots Association, and all of our union brothers and sisters working in the federal government, who have been impacted by the government shutdown. Due to the shutdown, the jobs of as many as 600,000 federal workers are in jeopardy, and workers have been placed under further strain as…Read More

At 12:01 AM ET on Wednesday, October 1st, the federal government shutdown after the Senate failed to pass a last-minute government spending bill. As a result, nearly 750,000 federal workers will be locked out from their jobs, put on leave, and forced to work without pay. The Trump administration has threatened to illegally fire thousands of workers if…Read More

Today, our union volunteers welcomed our pro-union, endorsed gubernatorial candidate, Mikie Sherrill, at the Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council. Sharing her vision for our state’s future, Mikie Sherrill was joined by our endorsed assembly candidates, and our own union brothers including, Bergen County Commissioner Tom Sullivan, (IBEW 164) who is running for re-election, Cengiz Sever (BAC 7) who is…Read More

At yesterday’s Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC) meeting, the commission gave final approval to two new rules initiated by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO. Working in conjunction with our public employee affiliated unions, this process took over a year to achieve. We thank the PERC Commissioners that voted in favor of these rules. The first…Read More

During the week of Labor Day this year, the New Jersey labor movement had a lot to celebrate with the signing of five new pro-labor bills into law. We thank Governor Murphy, labor candidates and pro-worker legislators for their advocacy in passing these bills. “Labor Day was extra special this year thanks to Governor Murphy…Read More

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks Gov. Murphy for signing into law the “Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act.” The law (S-3309) ends a practice by which auto mechanics are compensated at a lower rate of pay when they work on warranty or recall jobs for automobiles, as compared to the same…Read More