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Governor Murphy Signs ‘Panic Button’ Bill to Protect Hotel Workers from Assaults, Harassment
Posted OnJune 11, 2019 byNew Jersey Passes First Statewide Law Mandating Panic Devices for Hotel Workers
Hundreds of hotel workers, union leaders and elected officials gathered at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City today to witness the signing of a bill requiring hotels to equip certain employees with “panic buttons” for their protection against inappropriate conduct by guests.Read More
Congressman Norcross Signs Protect the Right to Organize Act
Posted OnMay 28, 2019 byEight U.S. Representatives in New Jersey Co-Sponsor Bill to Protect and Strengthen the Collective Power of Workers
Rep. Donald Norcross, a New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidate, is leading the charge on yet another pro-worker bill. The new bill, the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019, would modernize the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and strengthen the collective power of workers to negotiate for better pay and working conditions.Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Opposes Hybrid Pension Plan
Posted OnMay 16, 2019 byTrenton, NJ—In response to today’s announcement that legislation will be introduced to end defined benefit pensions for new hires and current employees with less than five years of service by creating a “hybrid” pension, New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech released the following statement: “Our pension funds are at risk for one reason and…Read More
Congressman Norcross Pushes for Bipartisan Infrastructure Investments
Posted OnMay 16, 2019 by
As part of Infrastructure Week 2019, Congressman Donald Norcross, Co-Chair of the Congressional Building Trades Caucus, joined building trade leaders at a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the need for infrastructure investments.Read More
LABOR COMMUNITY MOURNS LOSS OF LEADER
Posted OnMay 8, 2019 byIt is with an extremely heavy heart that we inform you of the death of long-time labor leader and visionary, Larry Hanley, International President of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU). Brother Hanley served as Secretary-Treasurer of ATU Local 726 from 1984 until 1987, when he was elected president—the youngest in the local’s history. He would go on to be re-elected to five terms, serving until 2002.Read More
Rutgers Workers Rally to Protest Management’s Refusal to Bargain
Posted OnMay 1, 2019 by
Members of URA-AFT Local 1766 gathered outside of a bargaining meeting at the Administrative Services Building on Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus on Wednesday to rally for a fair contract.Read More
UNITE HERE Local 54 Ratifies First Contract with Hard Rock
Posted OnApril 12, 2019 byNearly Two-Thousand Hospitality Workers to Gain Industry Wages and Benefits
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates the officers, bargaining committee, and members of UNITE HERE Local 54 on ratifying their first contract at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Read More
Rutgers Faculty Picket Board of Governors Meeting on University’s Newark Campus
Posted OnApril 9, 2019 byAfter more than a year of failed contract negotiations, Rutgers AAUP-AFT prepares to strike
“An injury to one is an injury to all!”
“Rutgers is for education! We are not a corporation!”
The chants of frustrated faculty members disrupted an otherwise quiet campus in Newark on Tuesday, as hundreds gathered outside of the Rutgers University Paul Robeson Center to picket a Board of Governors meeting.Read More
UNITE Here Local 54, Hard Rock Reach Agreement on Contract for 1,780 Hospitality Workers
Posted OnApril 5, 2019 by
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates the officers, bargaining committee, and members of UNITE HERE Local 54 on reaching an agreement for their first contract at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This new contract entitles 1,780 Hard Rock employees to industry wages along with health & welfare and severance fund benefits.Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Celebrates Women’s History Month
Posted OnMarch 29, 2019 by
America’s first mental health activist. The founder of the American Red Cross. A Nobel Prize-winning author. A four-time Olympian. New Jersey is home to many awe-inspiring women, and to cap off Women’s History Month, we’ve compiled a list of 10 trailblazers—past and present—whose monumental achievements have earned them a slot in our state’s hall of fame.Read More