The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is proud to stand with our union brothers and sisters and community allies from around the nation to support the Women’s March on Washington. CLICK HERE for details.

Thousands of union members – women and men alike – will come together this weekend to stand up for gender justice, equality and opportunity for all.

President-Elect Donald Trump promised he wasn’t going to change Medicare if elected. But his pick for health and human services secretary, Tom Price, has been a vocal supporter of dismantling Medicare and leaving seniors to pick up the tab.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” 

– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

As we commemorate Martin Luther King Day, we honor a one of our nation’s most influential and inspiring leaders. Not only did Dr. King carry the banner of civil rights, he also stood with working people fighting to make their voices heard on the job.

In nominating Andrew Puzder, Donald Trump is going back on his campaign commitment to stand up for average working families. The problem is not that Puzder is a CEO, it’s that he has cut corners and shortchanged workers at every turn in order to fatten his profits.

CLICK HERE to send an e-mail to your U.S. Senators, expressing your opposition to Puzder as Labor Secretary.

Virtually everything working people have gained to improve health and retirement security since the New Deal is now at risk, including Medicare, Medicaid, workplace health plans, the coverage gains of the Affordable Care Act, and Social Security.

Republicans in Congress are rushing to approve so-called “health reform” plans with breathtaking speed that would effectively end these major forms of coverage as we know them without providing replacement coverage to the 30 million Americans who will become uninsured as a result of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

A few days ago, The Hill newspaper reported that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Republicans are prioritizing the dismantling of health care for millions of Americans – and that includes Medicare. They think they have a mandate to destroy Medicare, despite the fact that poll after poll shows Americans oppose cuts to their earned Medicare benefits.

This week, tens of thousands of people across the country will be joining a call-in day to Congress to demand their representative oppose cuts to Medicare.

Click here or dial 1-866-828-4162 now to call your representative and let them know you oppose any efforts to cut Medicare benefits for millions of Americans.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO, in partnership with its affiliates and allies, worked tirelessly this year to illuminate the Christie administration’s mismanagement of the pension system and the consequences that could befall our state if meaningful action is not taken.

CLICK HERE to read the full op-ed.

The labor movement will be tested in the coming years, but our path forward is clear. We all understand the importance of solidarity, but what is equally important is an understanding and mutual respect for one another. Politicians will seek to divide us, but we can fight back by educating ourselves about the issues affecting each of our unions and resolving to stand together.

CLICK HERE to read the full issue.

Whether the issue is trade, prevailing wage, immigration, pensions, charter schools, or minimum wage, the only way forward will be to stand together, not only for the things that matter to our individual unions, but for the things that matter to all our brothers and sisters throughout the labor movement.