Stuff in the ‘Elections’ Category
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Announces 2020 Endorsements
Posted OnJuly 21, 2020 byTRENTON, N.J., July 21, 2020 – The New Jersey State AFL-CIO today announced endorsements for U.S. President, U.S. Senator and 12 U.S. Representatives from New Jersey, and 48 rank-and-file union members running for county and local offices throughout the state. The endorsements for the 2020 General Election were made during a meeting of the New…Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Amy Kennedy on primary election victory
Posted OnJuly 14, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Amy Kennedy for her strong showing in last week’s Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District. With this victory, Democratic candidate Kennedy will begin her general election campaign against Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew. Kennedy has more than a decade of experience working in public schools in New Jersey…Read More
Every vote counts as NJ State AFL-CIO celebrates 1,090 Labor Candidate victories
Posted OnMay 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Weldon Montague, a Labor 2020 candidate and union brother with CWA 1037, who won a nail-biter of an election to an at-large seat on the City of Orange Township Council. On May 12, Brother Weldon was up by only one vote. When the final vote-by-mail ballots were received and…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
IAFF brother Leonard Minkler elected as a fire commissioner
Posted OnFebruary 18, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates our union brother Leonard Minkler, a member of IAFF 3527, who won election to the Toms River Board of Fire Commissioners, District 1, on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Len is a 25-year career firefighter. Since its creation in 1997, the Union Labor Candidates Program of the state AFL-CIO has…Read More
UFCW Local 360 gets workers, employers together, and gets out the vote
Posted OnFebruary 11, 2020 byUFCW Local 360 hosted a Union-Employer Job Fair on Oct. 11, 2019. Eighteen employers whose staffs we represent participated: grocery stores, pharmacies, nursing homes, food manufacturers and municipalities It was a success, and we will be doing it again. We educated the public about our union and about how having a union job and being…Read More