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Take Action: Tell McConnell to stop holding the HEROES Act hostage
Posted OnAugust 5, 2020 byNew Jersey needs the HEROES Act now. New Jersey Representatives helped pass it in the House and Senators Menendez and Booker will vote for it – IF it gets posted in the Senate. But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not bring it up for a vote, and President Trump says he will veto it. Meanwhile,…Read More
Action Alert: New Jersey needs the HEROES Act
Posted OnAugust 4, 2020 byPlease thank your Representatives and Senators … and perhaps ask your Senators to nudge their colleagues to get on board.Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks Assembly members for passing Workers Comp reform for essential workers infected by coronavirus
Posted OnJuly 30, 2020 byToday in the State House The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the New Jersey State Assembly and Speaker Craig J. Coughlin for passing the pro-labor A-3999/S-2380 and sending it to Gov. Phil Murphy to sign into law. The state labor federation also thanks and commends our many affiliates who advocated tirelessly for this bill’s passage,…Read More
Action Alert! Ask Assembly to pass COVID-19 workers comp reforms
Posted OnJuly 28, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges all affiliates and their members to contact their New Jersey State Assembly members and ask them to pass A-3999. The pro-labor A-3999 seeks to reform the workers compensation system to aid essential workers who were infected with coronavirus on the job. A-3999 has been scheduled for a vote in…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks Assembly committee for advancing COVID-19 workers comp reforms
Posted OnJuly 27, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the members of the New Jersey State Assembly Appropriations Committee who voted in support of essential workers. A-3999 advanced by a 7-4 vote along party lines on Monday, July 27, 2020. The bill seeks to reform the workers compensation system to aid essential workers who were infected with coronavirus…Read More
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