LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY:  TODAY AT THE STATE HOUSE   PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION SEEKING TO ADDRESS THE MISCLASSIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS RELEASED FROM THE SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE It was a busy day for the Senate Labor Committee today, as they debated for over five hours a package of seven bills seeking to reform the broken system by…Read More

Legislative Advisory:  Package of Legislation Seeking to Address the Misclassification of Independent Contractors Posted in the Senate Labor Committee for this Thursday (12/5/19) The Senate Labor Committee will meet this Thursday, December 5, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Committee Room 6 to consider a package of seven bills seeking to reform the broken system by…Read More

Shore Medical Center Nurses/NYSNA working at Shore Medical Center (formerly Shore Memorial Hospital), is planning a one day strike tomorrow beginning at 7:00 am to advocate for exceptional patient care,  safe staffing,  and a fair contract. The Shore Nurses Union represents more than 340 registered nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point. Shore Medical…Read More

New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech supports Congressman Norcross’ position to work together to uphold the state’s commitment toward a sustainable pension system for public workers.  We believe the right approach is to work with Congressman Norcross to facilitate a meeting between the Murphy Administration, labor leaders and Legislative Leadership, to foster a productive…Read More

Legislative Advisory: Today at the State House Package of Legislation Seeking to Address the Misclassification of Independent Contractors Clears the Assembly Labor Committee The Assembly Labor Committee released seven bills today seeking to reform the broken system by which certain employers intentionally misclassify their employees as independent contractors. Certain employers do this in order to…Read More

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is proud to congratulate our sister, Rue Ryan, a member of CWA Local 1036, for her election to the Lumberton Township Committee. Another example that every vote counts, on Election Night this election was too close to call and went down to provisional and mail-in ballots. After all the ballots…Read More

MISCLASSIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTOR WAGE PAYMENT ENFORCEMENT, AND APPRENTICESHIP BILLS PASSED FROM THE SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE. The Senate Labor Committee released three pro-labor bills today.  We are thankful to Chairman Fred Madden (D-4) for posting the bills for consideration and to the sponsors for their leadership. S-4204 (Sweeney): Similar to recently enacted AB-5 in…Read More

Tomorrow, New Jersey voters will go to the polls to elect a State Senator, all 80 State Assembly members, and countless county and municipal offices throughout the state. Over the past 10 weekends, our dedicated labor volunteers knocked over 255 thousand doors to let union households know which candidates will fight for working families.  These…Read More

With only three days to go, this morning over 1,446 union volunteers came out and knocked on union household doors to get out the vote for one State Senate and all 80 Assembly seats, as well as 67 endorsed labor candidates. By showing our strength on the Saturday Labor Walks and on Election Day, we…Read More

Trenton – New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech issued the following statement on the passing of former Congressman Bill Hughes: “Congressman Hughes was respected on both sides of the aisle and will be remembered as a tireless advocate of the constituents he represented in the 2nd District for over 20 years,” Wowkanech said.  “I express…Read More