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Action Alert! Urge your senators to introduce and pass the HEROES Act
Posted OnMay 22, 2020 byMitch: It’s time to Act for Working America – Pass the HEROES Act! Our Senators Booker and Menendez Know How Important Passing this Bill Is. Call Them Now and Join In Supporting this Critical COVID-19 Response Bill H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, includes an emergency workplace infectious disease standard; gives…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO plans solidarity event for June 3 Day of Action, invites affiliates to act for America’s Five Economic Essentials
Posted OnMay 22, 2020 byALL AFFILIATES: PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE DAY OF ACTION TOOLKIT. As America reopens after the prolonged COVID-19 crisis, it’s critical that working families be protected on the job, in stores, and everywhere people congregate. That’s why the New Jersey State AFL-CIO is joining with the National AFL-CIO on June 3 in a Day of…Read More
Solidarity Alert: Operation Feed Atlantic City has food distribution May 28
Posted OnMay 21, 2020 byA generous donation of baked goods coordinated by the Bakery Confectionery Tobacco and Grain Millers International Union will be the highlight of a food distribution sponsored by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Union volunteers will again gather at Bader…Read More
NJ State AFL-CIO thanks Democratic House members for voting for HEROES Act
Posted OnMay 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the Democratic members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for voting to pass the HEROES Act, a major piece of pro-labor legislation that would aid working families who continue to struggle during the coronavirus pandemic. The 1,800-page legislation passed 208-199 on Friday, May 15. The…Read More
Every vote counts as NJ State AFL-CIO celebrates 1,090 Labor Candidate victories
Posted OnMay 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Weldon Montague, a Labor 2020 candidate and union brother with CWA 1037, who won a nail-biter of an election to an at-large seat on the City of Orange Township Council. On May 12, Brother Weldon was up by only one vote. When the final vote-by-mail ballots were received and…Read More
District 1199J thanks and honors frontline heroes with drive-by Solidarity parades
Posted OnMay 15, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”13″ display=”pro_horizontal_filmstrip”]How do you thank frontline health care workers for their lifesaving and life-affirming work? For the sisters and brothers of District 1199J, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, one answer is simple: With heroes parades. Flying Solidarity flags, shaking pompons and waving from behind their cars’ closed windows…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO applauds State Senate for passing coronavirus workers comp reform
Posted OnMay 15, 2020 byUrges Assembly to support infected essential workers and pass the bill The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the New Jersey State Senate for passing S-2380, which would make reforms to the “burden of proof” standard so workers infected with coronavirus at their place of employment will not be denied workers compensation benefits. The bill, sponsored by…Read More
Tell Congress: Support H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act
Posted OnMay 15, 2020 byH.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, includes an emergency workplace infectious disease standard; gives aid for state and local governments, public schools, the U.S. Postal Service, and pension funding relief; keeps workers on payrolls to avoid mass layoffs; extends unemployment insurance; provides more direct payments to working people; extends health…Read More
Atlantic City workers get solidarity, emotional boost from union members at food distribution
Posted OnMay 14, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”12″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks volunteers from every sector of labor who toiled and generously donated funds in the spirit of solidarity to bring courtesy, friendliness and, most of all, dignity to Atlantic City casino industry workers and other community members along with much-needed foodstuffs. Two months after the coronavirus pandemic…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidates win in municipal elections
Posted OnMay 13, 2020 byThe voice of working families is amplified The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our two Labor 2020 candidates who won their local races in New Jersey’s elections May 12, 2020. When labor candidates run, labor candidates win. Sister Jamillah Beasley of IUOE 68 has won a full term on the Irvington Township Municipal Council after…Read More