Charles Wowkanech Archives - New Jersey Globe

AFL-CIO endorses Murphy borrowing plan

June 2, 2020 12:55 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s borrowing plan to help the state deal with the fiscal crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “In addition to the massive human toll the pandemic has taken on our members, particularly...

NJEA president hosting Norcross-Murphy-Pelosi fundraiser

February 7, 2020 12:18 pmFebruary 10, 2020 12:52 pm

A $2,800-per-person fundraiser for the re-election campaign of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) headlined by Gov. Phil Murphy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi includes the president of the state’s largest public employee union. New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) president Marie Blistan...

Sires subcommittee seeks to push Peru to pay $57 million owed to NJ labor unions

October 22, 2019 12:21 pmOctober 22, 2019 4:04 pm

The Peruvian government owes several New Jersey labor unions as much as $57 million as part of unpaid Agrarian Reform Bonds owned by union pension funds. A House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee chaired by Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) has...

AFL-CIO withdraws LaPlaca endorsement

October 18, 2019 12:27 pmOctober 18, 2019 1:58 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has revoked their endorsement of Democratic Assembly candidate Gina LaPlaca in the 8th district after the New Jersey Globe reported that she crossed a picket line as a substitute worker during the 2016 Verizon strike. The...

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

September 2, 2019 1:03 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:06 am

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...

Rosenstein, Blistan to headline Norcross fundraiser

August 27, 2019 11:18 amOctober 15, 2019 6:29 pm

Leaders of the progressive wing of the New Jersey Democratic Party continue to give early support to the re-election of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) next year, seemingly closing the door on a possible challenge to him in the 2020 Democratic...

Unions, activists rally for millionaire’s tax on statehouse steps

June 13, 2019 5:06 pmJune 14, 2019 7:39 am

Roughly 2,000 union members and activists arrayed in front of the Statehouse Annex Thursday to lobby the legislature to push through a millionaire’s tax sought by Gov. Phil Murphy. Interspersed in between the calls for a tax on high earners...