Stuff in the ‘Solidarity’ Category
Labor Gets Out the Word: Burlington CLC in pictures
Posted OnOctober 24, 2020 byUnion brothers and sisters Got Out the Word about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting through a literature drop organized by the Burlington Central Labor Council on Saturday, Oct. 24. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”32″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Union brothers and sisters care for laid-off workers
Posted OnOctober 15, 2020 byOperation Feed Atlantic City “When hard-working people are laid off,” New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech said, “the food we provide helps them feed their children while at the same time lets them know that their union family cares.” On Thursday, Oct. 15, for the 11th time since the coronavirus pandemic walloped the casinos…Read More
Labor Gets Out the Word: Atlantic/Cape May CLC in pictures
Posted OnOctober 10, 2020 byUnion brothers and sisters Got Out the Word about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting through a literature drop organized by the Atlantic/Cape May Central Labor Council on Saturday, Oct. 10. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”31″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Labor Gets Out the Word: Burlington CLC in pictures
Posted OnOctober 3, 2020 byUnion brothers and sisters Got Out the Word about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting through a literature drop organized by the Burlington Central Labor Council on Saturday, Oct. 3. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”29″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Solidarity comes through for recipients at Operation Feed Atlantic City
Posted OnOctober 1, 2020 byDifferent month, same need. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Agency and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey held a food distribution event at Bader Field in Atlantic City on Thursday, Oct. 1. For the 10th time in 20 weeks, brothers and sisters from Atlantic…Read More
NJ AFL-CIO praises Norcross for introducing Apprenticeship Act
Posted OnSeptember 21, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks and commends our IBEW brother, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross of the 1st Congressional District, for drafting, sponsoring and introducing the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020. “As the rapid changes in our workplaces have shown us,” said New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech, “the kind of intense, hands-on training…Read More
Solidarity and cookies lift spirits at Operation Feed Atlantic City
Posted OnSeptember 17, 2020 by[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”28″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Nurses bring their healing touch with them wherever they go, and members of Shore Nurses/NYSNA added a touch of sweetness to the Operation Feed Atlantic City food-distribution program on Thursday, Sept. 17, with a donation of 500 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that helped heal the spirits of laid-off union members and…Read More
Labor Gets Out the Word: Middlesex/Somerset CLC in pictures
Posted OnSeptember 12, 2020 byOn Saturday, Sept. 12, union brothers and sisters prepared literature about labor-endorsed candidates and the importance of voting for distribution through literature drops organized by the Middlesex/Somerset Central Labor Council. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”30″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]Read More
Video: Gov. Phil Murphy on why Election 2020 is critical for working families
Posted OnSeptember 11, 2020 byThank you to Gov. Phil Murphy for sharing his time and insights in this valuable explainer about Election 2020 in New Jersey.Read More
New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors and thanks heroes of 9/11
Posted OnSeptember 11, 2020 byCreative Commons/Anthony Quintano When terrorists attacked our American homeland on Sept. 11, 2001, our first responders ran toward the danger. Toward the danger. Never away from it. Our heroes’ values of bravery, of service above self, and of solidarity can never be forgotten. And never will be, 19 years later, or ever. Working people in…Read More