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Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 1, 2025 12:01 amAugust 31, 2025 3:54 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

The Baraka Plan Reimagined: How N.J. Governor’s races played out in even years

December 15, 2024 3:16 pmDecember 16, 2024 12:46 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka has proposed eliminating odd-year elections, which the modern-day founding fathers opposed explicitly at the 1947 State Constitutional Convention. The idea at the time was to keep elections for governor and the legislature focused on state...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 2, 2024 12:00 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:48 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 4, 2023 12:01 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:20 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 5, 2022 12:01 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:52 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 6, 2021 12:06 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:34 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 7, 2020 12:11 amSeptember 7, 2020 12:41 am

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...