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Profile: Leonora Barry
Posted OnMarch 3, 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
State AFL-CIO’s Brennan praises AFSCME’s WOW Committee
Posted OnMarch 2, 2020 by“Unions need women, and women need unions,” New Jersey State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Laurel Brennan said to union sisters at the inaugural AFSCME New Jersey Council 63 WOW – Women Organizing…Read More
Profile: Ai-jen Poo
Posted OnMarch 2, 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: Sojourner Truth
Posted OnFebruary 28, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements….Read More
Profile: Sue Cowan Williams
Posted OnFebruary 27, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements….Read More
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Posted OnFebruary 14, 2020 byProfile: Bonnie Watson Coleman
Posted OnFebruary 7, 2020 byIn partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements….Read More
New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Rises to $10/Hour
Posted OnJuly 1, 2019 byHundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans are getting a raise today, the first in our state’s multi-year move toward a $15-an-hour minimum wage. Today’s wage hike, from $8.85 to $10, comes five months after Governor Murphy signed landmark legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. After today, the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by $1 per hour every January 1st until it reaches $15 per hour in 2024.Read More
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
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