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17th Annual WILD Conference: Empowerment Through Cultural Change
Posted OnAugust 30, 2022 byThe 17h Annual WILD Conference, held at the Hilton East Brunswick, convened more than 160 union sisters from every sector of organized labor, demonstrating the centrality of women to our labor movement today and throughout history. From August 26-27, 2022, our union sisters joined in an impactful discussion and training to address challenges faced by…Read More
Elizabeth H. Shuler elected first woman president of AFL-CIO
Posted OnAugust 20, 2021 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Elizabeth H. Shuler on her election as the first woman president of the AFL-CIO, and Fred Redmond as the first African American to serve as secretary-treasurer. The National AFL-CIO Executive Council on Friday, August 20, elected Acting President and Secretary-Treasurer Shuler, an IBEW sister, to complete the term of…Read More
History is being made daily by heroic women
Posted OnMarch 11, 2021 byThroughout the past 12 months of COVID, women emerged as history-makers in government, business, union halls, workplaces and family homes. From the White House to the house down the street, women’s collaborative leadership skills and perspectives helped forge solutions to unprecedented challenges to America’s physical, psychological, emotional and economic health. A woman is now vice…Read More
Alice Paul Voter Protection Act honors a great New Jerseyan
Posted OnFebruary 24, 2021 byIn 1920, the face of the American electorate changed forever! The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote. This didn’t happen by accident and it didn’t happen overnight. The 19th Amendment, which was signed 100 years ago, took 75 years of struggle, led in large part by the great New Jerseyan,…Read More
Weinberg’s passionate advocacy for working families is her legacy
Posted OnJanuary 14, 2021 byState Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, center, with New Jersey State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Laurel Brennan and New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech. After a three-decade legislative career that put working families first, state Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg will retire in January 2022 at the end of her current term. Her passionate advocacy…Read More
Labor Candidate Judy Ward will make history on New Year’s Day
Posted OnDecember 10, 2020 byNew Jersey State AFL-CIO-endorsed Labor Candidate Judy Ward has a new job in the new year. And in her new job, CWA 1000 Sister Ward will make history. When Judy Ward takes the oath of office to become mayor of Pleasantville on Jan. 1, she will be the first woman mayor of the city and…Read More
Honor the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage by registering and voting
Posted OnAugust 18, 2020 byNew Jersey heroine Alice Paul campaigned for women’s rights all her life, at first to win the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, and then for the still-needed Equal Rights Amendment. She and all the suffragists believed in the ideals of unity and democracy. Today, on this 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the New…Read More
Labor is women. Make sure every family member is counted in Census 2020
Posted OnMay 6, 2020 byThis #Census2020, remember that children count, too! Leaving them out of the census may reduce the amount of federal funding for programs like Head Start, WIC and more! The children in our lives hold a special place in our hearts and households. Don’t leave them out of #Census2020! Children and families cannot afford to miss out on…Read More
Profile: Alice Paul
Posted OnMarch 31, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors women who have made a significant impact in the labor, suffrage and women’s rights movements. We hope you meet them all. Today: Alice Stokes Paul, the architect of women’s suffrage, the Equal Rights Amendment, and some of the most significant…Read More
Profile: Lillian Ford Feickert
Posted OnMarch 20, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors women who have made a significant impact in the labor, suffrage and women’s rights movements. We hope you meet them all. Today: Lillian Ford Feickert, who played a key role in an unsuccessful 1915 statewide referendum to gain voter approval…Read More