Thomas Giblin Archives - New Jersey Globe

DiVincenzo has giant fundraising haul after bi-partisan event

March 26, 2026 11:05 amMarch 26, 2026 4:32 pm

Sometimes close personal relationships transcend party lines, and that was on display last night in Cedar Grove, where Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. had a six-figure fundraising haul after a high-dollar event sponsored by two Republicans: former State Sen....

Essex-West Hudson Labor Council endorses Gill for NJ-11

January 14, 2026 7:57 pm

Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill (D-Montclair) got yet another labor endorsement today, this time from the Essex-West Hudson Labor Council AFL-CIO. The labor council is composed of more than 70 local unions in Essex and Hudson Counties that represent “firefighters,...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 1, 2025 12:06 amAugust 31, 2025 4:36 pm

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

Labor Leader: The story of Tom Giblin’s magnificent political career

September 2, 2024 12:13 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:36 pm

Thomas P. Giblin got hooked on New Jersey politics at the age of seven, when his father won a seat on the Essex County Board of Freeholders in 1954. Over the last eight decades, he’s had a front-row seat watching...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 2, 2024 12:02 amSeptember 2, 2024 12:19 am

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

McKeon, Burgess, Ruiz, Timberlake win as Essex Democrats hold four legislative districts

November 7, 2023 8:30 pmNovember 7, 2023 8:41 pm

Democrats in Essex County have retained control of four legislative districts – the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 34th – with lots of new faces headed to the legislature from heavily redrawn districts, the New Jersey Globe projects. In the 27th...

Labor Leader: The story of Tom Giblin’s magnificent political career

September 4, 2023 12:13 amSeptember 4, 2023 12:49 am

Thomas P. Giblin got hooked on New Jersey politics at the age of seven, when his father won a seat on the Essex County Board of Freeholders in 1954. Over the last eight decades, he’s had a front-row seat watching...