Charles Wowkanech Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Wowkanech won’t say if he’d help Murphy, Sweeney make peace

January 21, 2019 1:56 pmJanuary 21, 2019 4:09 pm

New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech declined on Monday to say whether he would be willing to act as a mediator to assuage the tensions plaguing the relationship of the New Jersey’s top two Democratic officials, Gov. Phil Murphy...

AFL-CIO backs Chris Smith

June 13, 2018 8:01 pmJune 13, 2018 8:02 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has endorsed Republican Rep. Chris Smith for re-election to a 20th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith also has the backing of the New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council in his race against...