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Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 4, 2023 12:03 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:04 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Labor Leader: Louis Marciante headed the NJ AFL for 27 years

September 4, 2023 12:01 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:11 pm

Louis P. Marciante (1898-1961) was the president of the New Jersey American Federal of Labor (AFL) from 1934 until his death of a heart attack at age 62 amidst a stressful merger between the AFL and the Congress of Industrial...

Labor Leader: Arthur Quinn was a Middlesex senator, state AFL president

September 4, 2023 12:00 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:18 pm

Arthur A. Quinn (D-Perth Amboy) was a state senator from Middlesex County in the 1930s and wrote the law establishing eight-hour workdays for state, county and municipal employees. Quinn had organized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America...

A brief electoral history of Steve Fulop

April 14, 2023 11:24 am

And so it begins. Earlier this week, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey in 2025. He’s not the first to say he’s running – that distinction belongs to...

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 5, 2022 12:14 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:46 pm

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 5, 2022 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2022 4:08 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Labor Leader: Louis Marciante headed the NJ AFL for 27 years

September 5, 2022 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:38 pm

Louis P. Marciante (1898-1961) was the president of the New Jersey American Federal of Labor (AFL) from 1934 until his death of a heart attack at age 62 amidst a stressful merger between the AFL and the Congress of Industrial...