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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…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…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,…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…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…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…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…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…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….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….Read More