Charles Wowkanech Archives - New Jersey Globe

Hopewell Starbucks votes to unionize

April 25, 2022 11:47 am

Starbucks workers in Hopewell Township became the first location in New Jersey to unionize with Workers United. All 15 employees voted yes on the union vote. “These baristas wanted to unionize to improve their standards of living, ensure safe working conditions, and be...

All-star group of N.J. labor leaders hosting Payne fundraiser

January 24, 2022 5:33 pmJanuary 24, 2022 6:19 pm

Twenty prominent labor leaders will help boost the campaign coffers of Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) on Friday as sponsors of a virtual fundraiser with a $5,000 ticket price, a move that could limit the viability of challengers in...

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: Louis Marciante headed the NJ AFL for 27 years

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:44 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...

Wowkanech, Brennan hail election of first woman AFL-CIO president

August 20, 2021 11:58 amAugust 20, 2021 10:37 pm

Elizabeth Shuler, a 51-year-old labor leader from Oregon, became the first woman to serve as president of the AFL-CIO. With the support of New Jersey union officials, Shuler was elected today to succeed Richard Trumka, who died on August 5....

New Jersey workplace deaths edged down in 2019, report finds

May 4, 2021 12:35 pm

A new report found 74 New Jersey workers died on the job in 2019, marking a decrease from the previous year’s 83 workplace deaths. The report, issued by the national AFL-CIO, found New Jersey was among the safest states for...

John J. Sweeney, national labor leader, dies at 86

February 2, 2021 9:33 am

The New Jersey AFL-CIO is mourning the death of John J. Sweeney, a Bronx-born labor leader who served as national president of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009. Sweeney died on Monday at age 86. “I don’t have the words...