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New Jersey State AFL-CIO praises ruling allowing DACA to continue
Posted OnJune 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO praises the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), undoing President Trump’s 2017 decision to shut down the program that allows young immigrants to live and work in America. Dreamers can now continue making their huge contributions to our state, our nation and our economy without…Read More
Action Alert! Please sign the petition urging no layoffs for the Coalition of Rutgers Unions’ members
Posted OnJune 16, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges you to sign a petition directed to Rutgers University President-designate Jonathan Holloway and the Board of Governors to stop threatening layoffs and loss of health benefits to our sisters and brothers in the Coalition of Rutgers Unions. These are the worst possible things the State University of New Jersey…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks state Senate for passing COLA for benefits paid to surviving dependents of COVID-19 victims
Posted OnJune 15, 2020 byPrevailing wage and project labor agreement bills also advance The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the New Jersey State Senate for passing S-2476 – Cost of Living Adjustment in Workers Compensation to Dependents of Essential Workers Who Died of COVID-19. The bill, which passed the Senate by a vote of 38-1 on Monday,…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks governor for signing hotel sanitization law to limit worker exposure to COVID-19
Posted OnJune 11, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends Gov. Phil Murphy for signing into law the bill that requires hotel sanitization standards (A-4131/S-2479), sponsored by Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak, D-18th District, Assemblywoman Angela V. McKnight, D-31st District, and Assembly Deputy Speaker Valerie Vainieri Huttle, D-37th District, and by State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney, D-3rd…Read More
The solidarity continues to grow: Unions supporting brothers and sisters in Atlantic City
Posted OnJune 11, 2020 byThe need remains, but the energy, compassion and solidarity continue to grow as union brothers and sisters dedicated their day to serve fellow union members and Atlantic City residents in need at a food distribution on Thursday, June 11. The food distribution sponsored by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, the Casino…Read More
Action Alert! Please ask your state senator to pass workers comp reform that supports families of workers who died of COVID-19
Posted OnJune 11, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends the New Jersey State Senate Appropriations Committee for advancing S-2476 – Cost of Living Adjustment in Workers Compensation to Dependents of Essential Workers Who Died of COVID-19. The bill, which now goes before the entire Senate for a vote on Monday, June 15, is sponsored by Sen….Read More
Heroes get military-style thanks at Vineland Veterans Home
Posted OnJune 10, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council and the Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council held a Heroes Celebration at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Vineland on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, to thank and honor the frontline union brothers and sisters on staff at the home, to thank the home’s administrators, and to…Read More
Morale boosted by Heroes Celebration at Menlo Park Veterans Home
Posted OnJune 8, 2020 by The New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council and the Middlesex/Somerset Central Labor Council held a Heroes Celebration at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Menlo Park in Edison on Monday, June 8, 2020, to thank and honor the frontline union brothers and sisters on staff at the home, to thank the home’s administrators,…Read More
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Posted OnJune 5, 2020 byTake action! Ask Assembly to pass workers comp reform for our heroes
Posted OnJune 5, 2020 byWe still need action. Our frontline heroes are getting sick on the job, but they must prove that their infection with COVID-19 coronavirus was job-related to get their well-deserved benefits. A bill before the state Assembly — A-3999 — would take the “burden of proof” off the worker and set up a presumption that the…Read More