Charles Wowkanech Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

AFL-CIO backs Malinowski

June 13, 2018 12:27 pmJune 19, 2018 2:50 pm

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO has voted to endorse Tom Malinowski for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district. The New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council is backing the Republican incumbent, five-term Rep. Leonard Lance. “After last year’s banner victory for working families,...