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Take Action! Ask Your House Representative to Support the Protecting the Right to Organize Act
Posted OnJanuary 9, 2020 byCongress has a critical opportunity to strengthen workers’ rights. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act has 219 bipartisan sponsors and co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives and would give millions of workers additional protections to organize and negotiate for better pay and benefits, and a voice on the job. Tell Congress to…Read More
Take Action Now! To Save Call Center Jobs. Assembly to Vote Monday
Posted OnJanuary 8, 2020 byIt’s Go Time for the New Jersey Assembly to save call center jobs in the state. A-1992 is coming up for a vote in the full Assembly, Monday, Jan. 13, and it’s critical that it passes. Why? Call center jobs are being sent overseas from New Jersey, eliminating positions that support hard-working American families. And…Read More
Labor’s Election Victories Continue to Rise
Posted OnJanuary 7, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our sisters and brothers who have taken on new titles and responsibilities in 2020. The AFL-CIO takes pride in their accomplishments and is deeply grateful for their service to Garden State working families as elected and appointed officials. In Stratford, brother Steve Gandy of IBEW 351 took his place…Read More
Please Watch: Postal Workers and AFL-CIO Leaders Presenting Petition for New Postmaster
Posted OnJanuary 6, 2020 byThe American Postal Workers Union is livestreaming its petition delivery event today. The Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service’s petition for a new Postmaster General who values the public Postal Service reached 400,000 signatures! The event will be about 15 minutes, starting at noon in front of USPS headquarters in L’Enfant Plaza. The livestream will be…Read More
Take Action! Ask Your Assembly Members to Support the Save New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act
Posted OnJanuary 3, 2020 byCall center jobs are being sent overseas from New Jersey, eliminating positions that support hard-working American families. And – believe it or not! – certain corporations are getting “job creation” tax breaks from the state Economic Development Authority as a result. If the bill is enacted, corporations can still send call center jobs overseas….Read More
ATU Selects Raymond Greaves As International Vice President
Posted OnDecember 31, 2019 byAmalgamated Transit Union (ATU) New Jersey State Council Chair Raymond Greaves has been appointed by International President John A. Costa with approval by the ATU General Executive Board as an International Vice President. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our brother and commends ATU President Costa and the General Executive Board for a worthy choice….Read More
USMCA: How Your Representatives Voted
Posted OnDecember 20, 2019 byEight New Jersey members of the House voted in favor of the USMCA, while four voted against it. The House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of a new trade deal for North America on a bipartisan vote of 385-41, with a large majority of Democrats voting in favor of the deal, even though the…Read More
USMCA Clears House; Cadillac Tax on Benefits Repealed
Posted OnDecember 19, 2019 byThe House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of a new trade deal for North America on a bipartisan vote of 385-41, with a large majority of Democrats voting in favor of the deal, even though the party has long disliked massive trade bills like the North American Free Trade Agreement that the new deal,…Read More
AFL-CIO President Trumka Hails End to Tax on Health Benefits
Posted OnDecember 17, 2019 byAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the budget package permanently nixing the “Cadillac tax”: Working people won a major bipartisan victory today with permanent repeal of the “Cadillac tax.” We are thankful to leaders like Rep. Joe Courtney (Conn.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), House Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal (Mass.), House Ways and Means…Read More
December 16: Today at the State House
Posted OnDecember 16, 2019 byWORKING PEOPLE COME UP SHORT ON LEGISLATION TO LIMIT THE OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN JOBS The last legislative voting session prior to the Holiday break proved to have some ups and downs for working people. Although the Senate approved two strong pro-worker bills, the State Assembly “held” legislation seeking to limit the outsourcing of American jobs…Read More