Labor Archives - New Jersey Globe

The end of an era: The story of Tom Giblin’s magnificent political career

March 25, 2023 10:57 amMarch 26, 2023 2:47 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...

Opinion: Despite Anti-Union interests the majority of Americans recognize the importance of labor unions

March 8, 2023 7:41 pm

OPINION After years of relentless attacks from wealthy corporations and anti-union special interests, younger workers and now a majority of Americans, recognize the importance of labor unions. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, 55% of adult Americans say “labor...

Building trades president slams Murphy’s veto of non-profit loan program bill

February 17, 2023 10:05 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s decision to veto legislation establishing a loan program to help nonprofit groups finance construction projects has put the pro-labor governor into a fight with the head of the state building trades union. New Jersey Building and Construction...

Opinion: Carpenters Union Applaud the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Building and Construction Trades but say there is still more to do

February 13, 2023 2:58 pm

OPINION A recent Politico article entitled, “Union apprenticeships have more success promoting racial, gender diversity, study finds.” reported that we at the Building Trades and our registered apprenticeship programs register more Black, Latino, and women workers than our non-union equivalents,...

If Walsh gets NHL union post, Norcross could again emerge as Labor secretary candidate

February 6, 2023 11:37 amFebruary 6, 2023 11:41 am

Published reports that U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh is under consideration for the top job at the NHL Players Association could lead to renewed consideration of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) for a cabinet post. Norcross, a six-term congressman and...

Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Chatham native who served in Reagan’s cabinet, dies at 81

February 3, 2023 11:08 amFebruary 3, 2023 11:10 am

Chatham native Ann McLaughlin Korologos, who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan, died on January 30 from complications of meningitis. She was 81. McLaughlin Korologos attended the Academy of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station. In 1970,...

Transit workers union backs Benson in county executive primary

January 23, 2023 2:12 pm

The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) New Jersey State Council, a union representing more than 8,000 NJ Transit employees and other transportation workers, today announced its endorsement of Assemblyman Dan Benson (D-Hamilton) for Mercer County Executive. “Dan Benson will be a...