The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates brothers Craig A. Ford, left in photo above, and Richard Maroko, at right, upon their state Senate confirmations to key positions that will let them continue their achievements on behalf of New Jersey’s working families.

In partnership with the national AFL-CIO and historical societies, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO honors African Americans who have made a significant impact in the labor and civil rights movements. We hope you meet them all. 

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th District, on the signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, for which he voted, and which passed both houses of Congress on a bipartisan basis.

The costly mess in Wildwood has left American Federation of Teachers Local 1904 sister Brigid Callahan Harrison of Longport, a noted scholar, author and professor at Montclair State University, disappointed and angry.

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO congratulates Rep. Andy Kim, D-3rd District, and thanks him and his co-sponsors for proactively protecting New Jersey's and America's critical infrastructure from life-threatening damage and destruction.

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The Maritime Port Council of Delaware Valley, MPC of NY/NJ and vicinity, along with the Seafarers International Union, are coordinating efforts to help families in Puerto Rico recover from earthquakes.

Please join the unions representing the skilled employees on the PATH train lines

The reward for experience in Perth Amboy? A salary freeze. And teachers in PAF-AFT are having none of it.

Please join Perth Amboy public school teachers as they rally today, Tuesday, Jan. 28,