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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
Norcross reappointed as assistant majority whip in House
Posted OnMarch 9, 2021 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our IBEW Brother, Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st District, on his reappointment as an assistant majority whip in the House of Representatives, and wishes him continued success in this important and prestigious position. As an assistant whip, Brother Norcross advises his colleagues about bills before Congress and works to build…Read More
Legislative Endorsement Conference credential application coming by email
Posted OnMarch 8, 2021 byTo All Affiliates: The New Jersey State AFL-CIO Executive Board has voted to conduct the 2021 Legislative/COPE Endorsement Conference by Zoom videoconference on June 15, 2021. You will receive an email shortly from the New Jersey State AFL-CIO with details about the conference, a link to register your delegates for their credentials, and a link…Read More
UA Brother Cheek joins Hamilton Township Committee
Posted OnMarch 3, 2021 byRichard Cheek, a proud member of UA 322 and a graduate of the 2020 Labor Candidates School, was chosen to fill an open seat on the Hamilton Township Committee (Mays Landing) on Monday, March 1, 2021. Brother Cheek must run for election in November 2021. Working together, 1,136 victories have been achieved through the New…Read More
Dependents of essential workers who died of COVID get COLA in death benefits
Posted OnMarch 1, 2021 byThe New Jersey State Assembly has honored our essential workers’ memories by improving their survivors’ financial security through the final passage of A-3998. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin, D-19th District, for his leadership in posting the COLA bill for a vote, and thanks the bill’s prime sponsors, Assembly members…Read More
Union volunteers uplift brothers and sisters by lifting food into car trunks
Posted OnFebruary 25, 2021 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”38″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Union solidarity brought sunshine and much-appreciated meal kits to the laid-off workers in Atlantic City through Operation Feed Atlantic City on Thursday, February 25, 2021. The food distribution, sponsored by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Agency and the Community FoodBank of New…Read More
Today at the State House: Legislative Update
Posted OnFebruary 24, 2021 by— Workers Comp Benefit Increase for Dependents of Essential Workers Who Died of COVID Released from Committee and Posted for Assembly Floor Vote — Higher Education Anti-Subcontracting Bill Released from Assembly Labor Committee A-3998 (Murphy / Giblin / Verrelli) was released from the Assembly Appropriations Committee today by a vote of 7-2. Voting in favor were Assembly…Read More
Alice Paul Voter Protection Act honors a great New Jerseyan
Posted OnFebruary 24, 2021 byIn 1920, the face of the American electorate changed forever! The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote. This didn’t happen by accident and it didn’t happen overnight. The 19th Amendment, which was signed 100 years ago, took 75 years of struggle, led in large part by the great New Jerseyan,…Read More