Stuff in the ‘Solidarity’ Category
Labor is hard-working. Census 2020 is an easy task
Posted OnMay 7, 2020 byThe #2020Census is safe, confidential and easy to complete. It takes less than 10 minutes. ✅ You can complete the census from home by mail ?, online ? at https://my2020census.gov/ or by phone ? 844-330-2020. Join the New Jersey State AFL-CIO in ensuring every working person is counted in the 2020 Census. Read More
NJ AFL-CIO thanks and honors heroes during Nurses Week 2020
Posted OnMay 6, 2020 byRarely in recent memory has the name “hero” been as appropriate as it is now, during the unprecedented COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is deeply grateful to our sisters and brothers on the health care front lines every day, but especially this week, Nurses Week 2020. We are proud to stand with…Read More
Action Alert: Please testify on legislation reforming workers compensation for victims of COVID-19
Posted OnMay 6, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO respectfully urges you to support in-committee legislation that changes the “burden-of-proof requirement” for workers infected with the coronavirus under the state’s workers compensation system. The New Jersey State Senate Labor Committee will meet remotely on Tuesday, May 12, at 3 p.m., and on the agenda is: S-2380 (Sweeney / Singer…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 lives hold a special place in our hearts and households. Don’t leave them out of #Census2020! Children and families cannot afford to miss out on…Read More
Dignity of work, solidarity honored at Mass of hope
Posted OnMay 1, 2020 byThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO thanks the Rev. Jon Thomas, pastor of the Parish of St. Monica, Atlantic City, the Revs. Cesar A. Rebolledo and Andrew T. Pham, St. Monica’s parochial vicars, Nick Myers, organist and cantor, and sisters and brothers of UNITE-HERE Local 54 and New York State Nurses Association for the uplifting Mass…Read More
Retirees and Union Veterans: No cuts to Social Security
Posted OnFebruary 5, 2020 byCourtesy of the national AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council Alarmed by a Trump administration proposal to make disabled Americans prove they remain disabled and eligible for continued disability benefits every six months, more than 10,300 veterans and retirees have vehemently told the Social Security Administration they oppose the plan. The Alliance for Retired Americans and the…Read More