David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

House Ethics panel moves forward on complaint against Malinowski

September 7, 2021 4:33 pmSeptember 8, 2021 12:08 am

The House Ethics Committee announced today that they will continue to probe Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) for possible violation of a federal law that requires congressmen to disclosure stock transaction within 45 days. The announcement, made jointly by Chairman Ted...

Labor Leader: Laurel Brennan is first woman to serve in top N.J. AFL-CIO post

September 6, 2021 12:16 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:01 pm

Laurel Brennan is the first woman to serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the New Jersey AFL-CIO. New Jersey is one of seven states to elect a woman to a top leadership post in the AFL-CIO. Last month, Brennan endorsed Elizabeth Shuler...

Labor Leader: Elizabeth Allen, first woman NJEA president

September 6, 2021 12:15 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:06 pm

Elizabeth A. Allen (1854-1919) was the first woman president of the New Jersey Education Association and was an early force behind teacher pensions and tenure. She died of the Spanish Flu five years after becoming NJEA president. Allen began teaching...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 6, 2021 12:10 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:05 pm

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 6, 2021 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:48 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...

Labor Leader: Lewis Bryant was the first N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:03 pm

Lewis T. Bryant was New Jersey’s first Commissioner of Labor. After the New Jersey Legislature created the Department of Labor in 1904 – the predecessor position was Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Gov. Franklin Murphy nominated Bryant to fill...

Labor Leader: James Mitchell, U.S. Secretary of Labor and N.J. gubernatorial candidate

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:02 pm

James P. Mitchell (1900-1964) was a New Jersey construction company executive who served as Dwight Eisenhower’s Secretary of Labor and then nearly won a race for Governor of New Jersey. Mitchell grew up in Elizabeth and worked in the administration...