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Labor Leader: Laurel Brennan is first woman to serve in top N.J. AFL-CIO post

September 1, 2025 12:07 amSeptember 1, 2025 12:13 am

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. In 2021, Brennan endorsed Elizabeth Shuler...

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

September 1, 2025 12:04 amAugust 31, 2025 4:23 pm

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

AFL-CIO backs mostly incumbents from both parties

June 18, 2025 1:32 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has endorsed a number of incumbent members of the State Assembly from both parties, including most of the competitive districts, but took a pass on the 21st and moved against incumbents in the 39th. The AFL-CIO...

Labor Leader: Laurel Brennan is first woman to serve in top N.J. AFL-CIO post

September 2, 2024 12:05 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:37 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. In 2021, Brennan endorsed Elizabeth Shuler...

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

September 2, 2024 12:01 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:44 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...

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: 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...