Vincent Murphy Archives - New Jersey Globe

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of N.J. CIO served one-term in Congress

September 4, 2023 12:10 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:14 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

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: 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: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 5, 2022 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:49 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

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

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:44 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: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:48 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

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

September 6, 2021 12:01 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:46 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...