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Labor WINS in Palmyra School Bond Referendum
Posted OnMarch 13, 2024 byPalmyra Township Residents Vote to Invest in Safe and Secure Schools The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is proud to announce that on Tuesday, March 12th, Palmyra Township voters approved a School Bond Referendum to invest in new classrooms, a new elementary school playground and improved security measures. These improvements will allow students and teachers to thrive…Read More
Starbucks and Workers United Agree on a “Path Forward” for Union Contracts
Posted OnFebruary 28, 2024 byYesterday, a historic milestone was achieved in organizing – Starbucks has agreed to a “path forward” to reaching collective bargaining agreements with Workers United. This is a significant win for organized labor as Starbucks has aggressively been fighting unionization drives for over two and a half years. We recognize the leadership of Lynne Fox, the…Read More
2024 Brings Higher Pay for New Jersey Minimum Wage Workers
Posted OnJanuary 2, 2024 byApproximately 350,000 workers will see bigger paychecks due to yesterday’s increase of the state minimum wage to $15.13. New Jersey will now be one of seven states (and the District of Columbia) that have a minimum wage at or above $15 an hour. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and the “Raise the Wage” coalition initiated…Read More
NJ Leaf in Freehold organizes with UFCW Local 360
Posted OnDecember 14, 2023 by(Source: https://njbiz.com/nj-leaf-in-freehold-organizes-with-ufcw-local-360/) Employees at NJ Leaf in Freehold are the latest group of workers in New Jersey’s cannabis industry to unionize. According to the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360, NJ Leaf recently voted to organize as members of the union, which represents hundreds of thousands of cannabis industry workers in dispensaries, labs, manufacturing, processing, delivery and grow facilities across…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Thanks Joe Egan for Two Decades of Leadership
Posted OnNovember 30, 2023 byNew Jersey State AFL-CIO Thanks Joe Egan for Two Decades of Leadership Legislation Providing Job Protection for Paid Family Leave Beneficiaries Advances Workers Compensation Reform Legislation Also Released from Committee For almost two decades, Assemblyman and IBEW Local 456 Business Manager Joe Egan has held the gavel as Chairman of the Assembly Labor Committee. …Read More
IBEW Veterans’ Committee Statement of Support for IBEW 210 Strike
Posted OnNovember 10, 2023 byEvery Veterans Day is an opportunity for our great nation to pause and pay tribute to the millions of American women and men who have served our country in uniform and pay tribute to their service. Originally called Armistice Day, the holiday was created after the end of WWI to honor our brave military members…Read More
TAKE ACTION: Urge the New Jersey Congressional Delegation to Sponsor Safe Staffing Legislation
Posted OnNovember 9, 2023 byNurses in New Jersey and throughout the nation have had enough of chronic understaffing! The nursing workforce is in crisis. Years of industry neglect at the hands of our hospital employers, exacerbated by unsafe conditions during the pandemic, have left registered nurses feeling abandoned, distressed, and physically exhausted. As a result of these working conditions,…Read More
SOLIDARITY ALERT: IBEW 210 ON STRIKE
Posted OnNovember 6, 2023 byOur IBEW Local 210 brothers and sisters, who work at Atlantic City Electric, are on strike for a fair and decent contract. For years Atlantic City Electric has pushed and separated its’ workers into tiers, to break their solidarity, but that didn’t work. The workers said enough is enough. While Atlantic City Electric has enjoyed…Read More
Solidarity for Safe Staffing
Posted OnOctober 27, 2023 byNew Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech and Secretary/Treasurer Laurel Brennan, along with Congressman Frank Pallone and our affiliates, participated at the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on the urgent crisis of safe staffing in the healthcare industry. The testimony given by the nurses and witnesses was compelling and heart…Read More
Congratulations! Workers at Cannabist in Vineland join UFCW 152
Posted OnOctober 25, 2023 byMore than a dozen workers at Cannabist, a cultivation and production facility in Vineland, voted to join the UFCW and in October, the State Board of Mediations designated UFCW 152 as their union, allowing both the union and employer to negotiate a contract. The workers, mostly cultivators, are seeking a wage increase, health and safety…Read More