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Honor the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage by registering and voting
Posted OnAugust 18, 2020 byNew Jersey heroine Alice Paul campaigned for women’s rights all her life, at first to win the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, and then for the still-needed Equal Rights Amendment. She and all the suffragists believed in the ideals of unity and democracy. Today, on this 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the New…Read More
24th annual Labor Candidates School goes all-digital, teaches how to win during pandemic
Posted OnAugust 11, 2020 byThe coronavirus is changing the way New Jersey votes, and the New Jersey State AFL-CIO is adapting. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s 24th annual Labor Candidates School has gone digital, teaching its class of labor candidates How to Run a Successful Election Campaign During the Pandemic. Social distancing has eliminated many traditional campaign techniques, so union sisters and brothers who are…Read More
Shopping for Back to School? Buy Union!
Posted OnAugust 11, 2020 byNew Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks President Trumka and President Stevens for generous donation to Operation Feed Atlantic City
Posted OnAugust 7, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliates are deeply grateful for the generous donation of $10,000 from National AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka and Union Plus President Mitch Stevens for Operation Feed Atlantic City. The money helps pay for the next food distribution to union members who lost their jobs in the casino industry…Read More
Solidarity and dignity again on the menu at Atlantic City food distribution
Posted OnAugust 6, 2020 byJust like the thunderstorms that came and went Thursday, Aug. 6, the economic storm that hit the casino industry is still raining food insecurity on thousands of hard-working union members and the Atlantic City community. Fortunately, union solidarity and generosity provided a shelter from the economic storm despite the actual storms. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”25″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]The…Read More
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