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Profile: Ella Josephine Baker
Posted OnFebruary 5, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements. We hope you meet them all. Today: Ella Josephine Baker, a granddaughter of slaves, who was born in Norfolk, Va., in 1903 and moved with…Read More
Labor candidate Tolomeo joins Stratford Township Council
Posted OnFebruary 4, 2020 byMichael Tolomeo, a brother with IBEW 351, has been sworn in as a member of the Stratford Township Council to fill an unexpired term. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates brother Tolomeo and wishes him great success as he serves his community as well as all the working families of the Garden State. Under state…Read More
Solidarity Alert! Tell Congress to pass the PRO Act
Posted OnFebruary 4, 2020 byWhen more than half of America’s workers say they would join a union immediately if they could, but only 10 percent actually belong in one, it’s clear that our labor laws need a serious upgrade. This week, lawmakers in the U.S. House will vote on the H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO)…Read More
Profile: Augusta Thomas
Posted OnFebruary 4, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements. We hope you meet them all. Augusta Thomas was AFGE’s national vice president for women and fair practices. She was a lifelong civil rights…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Celebrates Union Brothers’ Confirmation
Posted OnFebruary 3, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates brothers Craig A. Ford, left in photo above, and Richard Maroko, at right, upon their state Senate confirmations to key positions that will let them continue their achievements on behalf of New Jersey’s working families. Maroko takes his place on the NJ Transit Board of Directors while Ford is…Read More
Profile: Paul Robeson
Posted OnFebruary 3, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements. We hope you meet them all. Today: Paul Robeson, Renaissance man and pride of New Jersey. Read More
State AFL-CIO Honors African American Achievements This Month and All Year
Posted OnFebruary 3, 2020 by“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Labor rights. Civil rights. Human rights. They’re called “rights” because they are right, they are correct, because they make…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Thanks Rep. Chris Smith for USMCA Support
Posted OnJanuary 31, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th District, on the signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, for which he voted, and which passed both houses of Congress on a bipartisan basis. The labor federation thanks Smith for his long and distinguished history of pro-labor votes in Congress. He is a friend to New…Read More
AFT Sister Brigid Harrison, Democratic Candidate, Calls Out Van Drew for Wildwood Mess
Posted OnJanuary 30, 2020 byThe costly mess in Wildwood has left American Federation of Teachers Local 1904 sister Brigid Callahan Harrison of Longport, a noted scholar, author and professor at Montclair State University, disappointed and angry. The Jan. 30, 2020, issue of the (Cherry Hill) Courier-Post included a news story detailing the enormous cleanup efforts and expense the Wildwood-Cape May…Read More
Andy Kim Bill Would Protect Roads From Superstorms
Posted OnJanuary 30, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Rep. Andy Kim, D-3rd District, and thanks him and his co-sponsors for proactively protecting New Jersey’s and America’s critical infrastructure from life-threatening damage and destruction. Congressman Kim Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Prepare New Jersey Roads for Extreme Storms WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-3, has introduced H.R. 5700, the…Read More