As we wrap up 2018, which has proved to be a truly monumental year for the New Jersey labor movement, we wanted to thank you for your solidarity and support and recognize our many collective achievements. Click below for an e-newsletter highlighting our activities that have laid the foundation for a successful 2019. Once again, thank you for all you do, and we wish you and your family good health and prosperity throughout the new year.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and a delegation of our brothers and sisters from Unite Here Local 54 gathered today in Trenton to lobby on behalf of the Hotel Employee Protection Act (S-2986/A-4439)—a bill requiring hotels to provide panic buttons to employees for protection from unsafe working conditions, violence, and sexual assault while performing housekeeping duties.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO would like to extend our deepest condolences to our union brother Assemblyman Joe Egan (D-17), Business Manager of IBEW Local 456 and chairman of the Assembly Labor Committee. Yolanda, his wife of nearly sixty years, passed away yesterday.

Edwin D. Hill, Former IBEW President and Long-time Labor Leader, has passed away.

It is with an extremely heavy heart that we inform you of the death of long-time labor leader and visionary, Edwin D. Hill, President Emeritus of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Two pro-labor bills supported by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO were favorably voted out of the Senate Labor Committee today.  We would like to thank the sponsors of these bills and the committee members that voted in favor.

Our Time is NOW

Leading with Passion, Purpose & Power

March 1-2, 2019

Recognizing the need for working families to receive livable wages, Governor Phil Murphy held a press conference today in Trenton to call on the Legislature to pass a $15 minimum wage bill before the end of the year.

It’s Official—All New Jersey State AFL-CIO Endorsed Congressional Candidates Have Won!

Last night, Andy Kim declared victory in the 3^rd Congressional District, beating Republican Tom MacArthur and flipping a key Republican district in New Jersey. He now joins Mikie Sherrill, Tom Malinowski, and Jeff Van Drew, adding to the list of New Jersey State AFL-CIO-endorsed candidates who won open U.S. House seats that had long been held by Republicans.