The Maritime Port Council of Delaware Valley, MPC of NY/NJ and vicinity, along with the Seafarers International Union, are coordinating efforts to help families in Puerto Rico recover from earthquakes.   By now, we have all seen the reports of the destruction Puerto Rico has suffered resulting from several earthquakes over the past few weeks. This…Read More

Please join the unions representing the skilled employees on the PATH train lines as they stage an informational picket in Jersey City to alert the riding public about their lack of a contract. Union families and supporters are invited. Signs will be provided. What: Informational picket to press for a fair contract When: Thursday, Jan. 30,…Read More

Please join Perth Amboy public school teachers as they rally today, Tuesday, Jan. 28, to demand that the board of education ends a pay freeze imposed for employees with more than 10 years’ experience. The rally is being led by the Perth Amboy Federation of the American Federation of Teachers. What: AFT Rally to End Pay Freeze…Read More

The reward for experience in Perth Amboy? A salary freeze. And teachers in PAF-AFT are having none of it. City public school teachers, members of the Perth Amboy Federation of the American Federation of Teachers, brought their demands and their signs to City Hall Circle on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, to urge the board of…Read More

Our brothers and sisters of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge I061 are back to work at Swedish furniture company IKEA’s distribution center in Westampton, New Jersey, after forging a new deal with the company. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks all of our Central Labor Councils and union affiliates for joining our…Read More

Please come out and support your sisters and brothers of IBEW Local Union 269 as they picket at the construction site of a new warehouse on Florence-Columbus Road in Mansfield, Burlington County. The union has learned that area wages are not being paid and local standards are not being met for to the employees of…Read More

As the Machinists’ strike against IKEA’s distribution plant in South Jersey presses onward, New Jersey State AFL-CIO officers and staff are on site to help their sisters and brothers. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge I061 went on strike Jan. 20, 2020, against Swedish furniture company IKEA after union members overwhelmingly rejected IKEA’s…Read More

Charles “Chuddy” Whelan, the assistant business manager of UA Local 9, was appointed to an unexpired term on the Hamilton Township Council. Brother Whelan’s selection on Jan. 21, 2020, brings to 1,085 the number of union member election victories, and the New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates him and thanks him for his civic-mindedness. Under state…Read More

Our brothers and sisters of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge I061 are on strike against Swedish furniture company IKEA after IKEA’s so-called “last-best” offer was overwhelmingly rejected. IKEA removed longstanding job security provisions from their proposed deal with the Machinists and did not make pay-grade steps more equitable and timely. So someone…Read More

A video from the picket line.  Read More