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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
SAG-AFTRA Continues to Strike Against Advertising Agency BBH
Posted OnMarch 21, 2019 byShow Support on Social Media by Sharing #StrikeBBH Campaign Posts
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO stands in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA during its strike against ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Inc. (BBH). After nearly twenty years as a signatory, the ad agency is attempting to illegally abandon its obligations under the union contract.Read More
HTC Expands Membership in NJ, Organizes 14 Shops in Two Years
Posted OnMarch 20, 2019 by
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is proud of the tremendous work the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO has done to grow their membership in New Jersey, organizing 14 shops in less than two years.Read More
Congressman Norcross Ahead of First Minimum Wage Vote in Over a Decade
Posted OnMarch 7, 2019 byBill to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 Heads to U.S. House Floor
On Wednesday, March 6, the House Committee on Education and Labor advanced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024. It cleared the panel in a 28-20 party-line vote.Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech on Gov. Murphy’s Budget Address
Posted OnMarch 5, 2019 byTrenton, NJ—New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech today issued the following statement in response to Governor Murphy’s budget address: “The New Jersey State AFL-CIO commends Governor Murphy for his efforts to make New Jersey a stronger and fairer state. His proposed investments and progressive agenda will help position our state for an even brighter…Read More