The New Jersey State AFL-CIO runs the most successful Labor Candidates Program in the country. Since its inception, 968 union members have been elected to offices as diverse as U.S. Congress, state Senate and Assembly, on County Freeholder Boards, in our towns as Mayors, Aldermen, Committee and Council Members, Fire Commissioners and on School Boards across the state.…
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Update: $15 and Fair Contracts NOW: We won 11, Now we March for 15 added to National Day of Action.
Friday at 1 PM – 3 PM
Brower Commons
145 College Ave, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Join us in a rally and march for a $15 minimum for ALL campus workers, and fair contracts for 20,000 unionized workers at Rutgers!…
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AFTNJ members met in Atlantic City April 13-14 to learn more about legislative issues and tactics, discover tools to strengthen locals and vote on business and for new officers at the union’s biennial convention.
Convention Report |
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| 2018-2020 Officer Election Results On Saturday, April 14, the following officers were elected for the term July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020.Donna |
Help us educate the secretary on great things happening in public schools in your community and why we’re #PublicSchoolProud, and leave your comments on how she can improve.
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When: January 20, 2018 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Morristown, New Jersey
We are excited to celebrate the achievements of women since last year’s incredible demonstration of resistance through sister marches across the country. Since then, we ran for office, we organized, we told our stories, we listened, and we voted. We are now ready to mobilize women across New Jersey to bring our power to the polls this November, and continue our march towards equity and justice.…
Did you know that 80% of the tax cuts in the GOP bill (which may be voted on Thursday) go to the top 1% over the next decade? Tell your congressional representative to vote against the bill and stand with working families in his district.
Public services that benefit all citizens including education, public safety, public health services and infrastructure projects which will suffer if millionaires evade paying their fair share.…
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Labor Walks Saturday MorningsMonmouth/Ocean CLC, IBEW 400, 3301 Highway 138, Wall, Wyatt Earp (732) 773-9480
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When Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey, AFT immediately reached out and activated the disaster fund to help offset expenses for members who lost homes, cars and valuables. As Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc on families across Texas, AFT’s disaster fund will be there again, helping members rebuild and get on with their lives. AFT cannot do it alone, they need our help.…
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| By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
NEWARK — A New Jersey charter school ordered to shut down at the end of June may close its doors without paying the final two months of teachers’ salaries, state and local union leaders say. Teachers at Merit Preparatory Charter School in Newark are not unionized and have individual employment contracts stipulating they work during the 10-month school year and have their paychecks spread out over the 12-month calendar year, according to the American Federation of Teachers New Jersey chapter. |
Teachers at Merit Prep Charter School in Newark are being denied payment for work already performed. A number of educators at Merit were on involuntary 12-month payout schedules, but the school has been closed by the state. Merit Prep decided it could save money by withholding the July and August portions of its employees’ contractually agreed-upon salaries.…
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Why does Middlesex County College employ a law firm known as the biggest union busting outfit in the country? Tell MCC to #DumpJacksonLewis and bargain fair contracts with workers.…
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40,000 workers at AT&T just announced that they will walk off the job Friday at 3pm ET/Noon PT if they haven’t won a fair union contract by then.
This will be the biggest strike in the United States since 40,000 Verizon workers walked out last year, and may be the biggest strike of retail workers at a national company in U.S.…
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Please sign the petition to tell Middlesex County College to dump union-busting Jackson Lewis and bargain a fair contract with faculty. Add a comment and we will include it here.
I am a proud public school teacher who started off at MCC. Work with the excellent staff there on negotiating a fair contract. M.D. Hillsborough
Negotiate fairly and give the faculty what they deserve.…
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Tell MCC President Joann La Perla-Morales and the Board of Trustees to stop spending student tuition and public funds on a firm dedicated to weakening unions and attacking workers. Jackson Lewis is a notorious union-busting law firm, specializing in union-avoidance representation, consulting and training. They are inconsistent with New Jersey, Middlesex County and higher education values.…
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