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Posted OnJanuary 11, 2021 byBill Zapcic

Labor Candidates serving working families through elected offices

Pleasantville City Mayor Judy Ward was sworn in by Superior Court Judge Susan Maven on Jan. 1, 2021. She was joined by her husband, Wick; sons Terence and Jeren; and grandchildren Kyla, Terence Jr. and Tyson.

2021 oath-taking follows victories in November, long service to families

For some Labor Candidates, 2020 was a year of hard work to get elected. For some other Labor Candidates already holding elected positions, 2020 was a year of hard work to serve their constituents amid an unprecedented pandemic.

For all of them, 2021 is a new year of challenges and opportunities as governmental bodies in Washington and across New Jersey get organized. In many counties and towns, the annual organization meeting and swearing-in ceremonies were virtual because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st District, took his place in the 117th Congress just as a new pro-union administration is arriving in Washington. Our IBEW brother will keep our Labor Movement in the spotlight as co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus, among his other prestigious positions.

AFT Brother Helmin J. Caba was sworn in as Perth Amboy’s new mayor after winning a hard-fought runoff election with labor support, beating a 12-year incumbent mayor. Gov. Phil Murphy administered the oath. AFSCME Sister Rose B. Morales, Brother Caba’s running mate, took her seat on the Perth Amboy City Council.

CWA Sister Judy Ward was sworn in as Pleasantville mayor, the first Black woman to hold such an elected position in all of Atlantic County.

In all, 41 Labor Candidates who ran for office in 2020 won, bringing the total of Labor Candidate victories to 1,134 since 1997.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our brothers and sisters as they start or continue their terms of office. We stand with them and are confident that they will uphold the values of working families and our Labor Movement.

For a list of 2020’s victorious Labor Candidates, please click here.

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2020 Labor Candidates

Name Union Office Won
Vince Sera AFSCME 63 Brigantine Mayor
Dolores Witko AFSCME 1199J Closter Council
Rose B. Morales AFSCME 2269 Perth Amboy Council
Leonard Luciano AFT 481 Essex County Commissioner
Helmin J. Caba AFT 857 Perth Amboy Mayor
     
Keith Kazmark AFT 2360 Woodland Park Mayor
David Gierek AFT 3977 Saddle Brook Council
Kevin Bucceroni AWIU 14 Black Horse Pike Regional Board of Education
Judy Ward CWA 1000 Pleasantville Mayor
Kyle Hanson CWA 1014 Barrington Council
     
Laura Spagnola-Vargas CWA 1032 Woodland Park Board of Education
Robert Apgar CWA 1036 Eastampton Council
Gerald “Jay” Springer CWA 1036 Eastampton Council
Michele Liebtag CWA 1036 Frenchtown Council
Allison Friedman CWA 1037 Aberdeen Board of Education
     
Lauren Kremper-DiFilippo CWA 1038 Edgewater Park Committee
John Kendall CWA/IUE 103 Haddon Township Board of Education
Joseph Lukac IBEW 102 Manville Council
Jason Jones IBEW 269 Mount Holly Committee
Kyle Miller IBEW 351 Woodbury Council
     
Michael Tolomeo IBEW 351 Stratford Council
Stephen Gandy IBEW 351 Stratford Council
Steve DiMatteo IBEW 351 Pittsgrove Board of Education
Donald Norcross IBEW 351 Congress – District 1
William Sneathen IBEW 351 Buena Vista Board of Education
     
Anthony Zeno IBEW 456 Eastampton Council
Lori Brigati IBEW 1158 Passaic Valley Regional Board of Education
John Devlin IBT 331 Atlantic City Board of Education
Lew Brown IBT 676 Mount Holly Committee
Joshua Hertzberg ILA 1804-1 Sparta Township Council
     
Romaine Graham IUOE 68 Essex County Commissioner
Michael Martorelli IUOE 68 East Hanover Council
Chris Carney IUOE 825 Frankford Council
Wayne Richardson LIUNA 55 Essex County Commissioner
Glen Kocsis SMART /SMW 27 Neptune City Council
     
Charles “Chuddy” Whalen UA 9 Hamilton Council
Christopher Hamler UA 24 Warren Hills Regional Board of Education
Tom Van Artsdalen UBC 255 Dennis Township Committee
Jonathan Young UBC 255 Camden County Commissioner
Tom Kurtz UBC 255 Port Republic Council
     
Claire Volpe UFCW 360 Maple Shade Council

 

 

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