Both the IBEW and the CWA have kicked off bargaining with Verizon Communications. Our union brothers and sisters enter into these negotiations hopeful that they can reach a fair and equitable contract for members as quickly as possible.

Informational pickets and rallies are currently taking place around the state. Your support for and at these events is greatly appreciated. For more information, please contact IBEW 827 Recording Secretary Suzanne Wallin at [email protected] or 609-443-4100.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO urges our brothers and sisters to join us at NJ Transit Headquarters in Newark tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for a rally to stop mass transit fare hikes and service cuts. The Governor’s proposal to hike fares nine percent amounts to a tax increase on working families and an affront to the countless communities that heavily rely on public transit.

Your support at this rally is critical to making our voices heard. We encourage you to join with us in Newark tomorrow to show your union pride and “Fight the Hike.”

New Jersey State AFL-CIO leadership were joined by Senate President Stephen Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and the leaders of the largest public-sector unions on Thursday, June 25, 2015, to urge Gov. Christie to obey his own law by fully funding pensions.

Everyone is abiding by the pension reform law – except the governor who signed it. Retirees forfeited their cost-of-living increases, active employees are paying more, local governments have never skipped a payment and the Legislature has again drafted a budget that includes the entire amount of required pension funding. And now, while the governor continues to break his own pension law by skipping contractually required pension payments, he is calling for additional concessions for public workers.

Though New Jersey’s Congressional Delegation Nearly Unanimous in Opposition to Jobs-Killing Measure

The United Association of Labor Education (UALE) is sponsoring the 40^th Annual Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women at Penn State University, University Park Campus, from Sunday, July 26 - Thursday, July 30, 2015.

CLICK HERE for an informational brochure and a registration form.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and its coalition partner, Working Families United for New Jersey, Inc. (WFUNJ), continued to lead the campaign for statewide earned sick leave legislation on Monday by testifying in strong support of S-785 before the Senate Labor Committee.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Loretta Weinberg creates a uniform and humane standard so that no New Jersey worker is docked a day’s pay, or loses their job, because they are too sick to work. Approximately 1.2 million New Jersey workers still lack this basic workplace right.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO is sickened by the House vote approving Fast Track, a bill we have been fighting against for months on behalf of workers.

By a narrow 218-208 vote, the House forfeited its responsibility to review and amend trade deals and handed this all-important check-and-balance over to the Executive Branch. President Obama has signaled his intent to use Fast Track’s expanded powers to OK a jobs-killing Trans-Pacific trade deal.

Protest of Working Conditions at Carl Icahn-owned Taj Mahal Leads to Arrests

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and our affiliates and community partners showed their unwavering support for our brothers and sisters of UNITE HERE Local 54 who work in Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, by participating in a Boardwalk rally to demand that corporate raider Carl Icahn restore medical and retirement benefits to workers.