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Labor Leader: Arthur Quinn was a Middlesex senator, state AFL president

September 2, 2024 12:01 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:52 pm

Arthur A. Quinn (D-Perth Amboy) was a state senator from Middlesex County in the 1930s and wrote the law establishing eight-hour workdays for state, county and municipal employees. Quinn had organized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America...

New Jersey Liked Ike, But Warren Harding Set The Record

February 19, 2024 12:11 amFebruary 18, 2024 10:51 pm

New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey. He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 4, 2023 12:03 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:04 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Labor Leader: Arthur Quinn was a Middlesex senator, state AFL president

September 4, 2023 12:00 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:18 pm

Arthur A. Quinn (D-Perth Amboy) was a state senator from Middlesex County in the 1930s and wrote the law establishing eight-hour workdays for state, county and municipal employees. Quinn had organized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America...

New Jersey Liked Ike, But Warren Harding Set The Record

February 20, 2023 12:11 amFebruary 20, 2023 12:05 am

New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey. He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 5, 2022 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2022 4:08 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Labor Leader: Arthur Quinn was a Middlesex senator, state AFL president

September 5, 2022 12:02 amSeptember 4, 2022 4:01 pm

Arthur A. Quinn (D-Perth Amboy) was a state senator from Middlesex County in the 1930s and wrote the law establishing eight-hour workdays for state, county and municipal employees. Quinn had organized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America...