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True colors: Union volunteers care for community at Atlantic City food distribution
Posted OnJuly 23, 2020 byIn Atlantic City, the casinos are open for limited service, bringing back about a third of the workers laid off in the spring. That’s good news. But not far from the Boardwalk, many thousands more laid-off casino industry workers and Atlantic City residents visited a union-sponsored food distribution Thursday, July 23, 2020, because food insecurity…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Announces 2020 Endorsements
Posted OnJuly 21, 2020 byTRENTON, N.J., July 21, 2020 – The New Jersey State AFL-CIO today announced endorsements for U.S. President, U.S. Senator and 12 U.S. Representatives from New Jersey, and 48 rank-and-file union members running for county and local offices throughout the state. The endorsements for the 2020 General Election were made during a meeting of the New…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Amy Kennedy on primary election victory
Posted OnJuly 14, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Amy Kennedy for her strong showing in last week’s Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District. With this victory, Democratic candidate Kennedy will begin her general election campaign against Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew. Kennedy has more than a decade of experience working in public schools in New Jersey…Read More
Solidarity Alert! Grocery workers must receive the hazard pay they have earned
Posted OnJuly 13, 2020 byBy Charles Wowkanech President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO Since when is keeping food on New Jersey’s tables not essential work? More than 100,000 members of the United Food & Commercial Workers in New Jersey have been on the job around the clock since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, stocking grocery store shelves as…Read More
Solidarity Alert! Urge Congress to fund USCIS and stop AFGE furloughs
Posted OnJuly 9, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges all affiliates to contact their members of Congress and press for $1.2 billion in emergency funding to save AFGE brothers and sisters from furloughs starting Aug. 3. We need to stand in solidarity with them in this crisis. More than 13,000 employees nationwide at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…Read More
Union sisters and brothers greet food recipients in spirit of solidarity, dignity and friendliness
Posted OnJuly 9, 2020 by“I love people; I love my union brothers and sisters; I love the members of our community, and it’s a scary time for all of them.” That’s why UNITE HERE Local 54 sister Cate Dziegrenuk continues to volunteer at the Operation Feed Atlantic City food distributions sponsored by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its…Read More
Opinion by President Wowkanech: Honoring the work of essential employees must go beyond symbolic gestures
Posted OnJuly 6, 2020 byThis Opinion article appeared July 6, 2020, online and in print in The Bergen Record and at least five other USA TODAY Network publications in New Jersey. By Charles Wowkanech Special to the USA TODAY NETWORK I have nothing against the Blue Angels/Thunderbirds flyover and feel-good corporate television ads, but in the fight against COVID-19,…Read More
New Jersey workers will benefit from National Defense Authorization Act
Posted OnJuly 2, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends Reps. Donald Norcross, D-1st District, Andy Kim, D-3rd District, and Mikie Sherrill, D-11th District, for their pro-labor work in advancing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 out of the House Armed Services Committee. The bill, which creates and preserves jobs at military bases in New Jersey…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO celebrates American freedom, union solidarity
Posted OnJuly 2, 2020 byAs Americans, we celebrate 244 years of independence this weekend. We honor almost 2½ centuries of self-determined freedom, governed by the rule of law, a beacon of hope for the world. In 2020, we’re celebrating without a lot of the parades and fireworks and barbecues and other gatherings we’re used to. The coronavirus has made…Read More
Global pandemic? IBEW Young Workers take time to help others
Posted OnJune 30, 2020 byEven though many members of NxtUp94, the young workers’ committee of IBEW Local 94, have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, they still stood with their community by sponsoring their seventh annual food drive. On June 6, 2020, these young workers sacrificed their time and well-being to donate $8,000 worth of food to…Read More