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About 200 South Jersey healthcare workers vote to unionize

March 18, 2026 4:11 pm

About two hundred workers at a pair of South Jersey health care firms voted to unionize in separate elections last week, New Jersey’s largest healthcare union announced. Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the state’s top healthcare labor union, said about...

Mejia gets NJEA endorsement for special, regular elections

March 17, 2026 9:30 am

The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union and one of its most powerful labor organizations full stop, is endorsing Democrat Analilia Mejia for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district. The NJEA’s endorsement applies both to the April 16...

Shaun Sullivan, labor leader, dies at 63

March 11, 2026 1:42 pm

Shaun P. Sullivan, a prominent and popular union leader, died unexpectedly on March 6. He was 63. Sullivan was the president of the New Jersey State Association of Pipe Trades, and was vice president of the New Jersey Building and...

Ex-Weinberg aide tapped for N.J. union post

March 9, 2026 4:40 pm

Shane Mitchell, a former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, has been named New Jersey Political Director of the politically powerful Hotel and Gaming Trades Council. Mitchell joined the union in 2021 after Weinberg left the Senate. ...

Carpenters go for Menendez once again in NJ-8

March 5, 2026 10:46 am

The Eastern Atlantic State Regional Council of Carpenters, an influential union that supported Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City) in both of his prior campaigns for the 8th congressional district, is doing so once again. The union, which represents more than...

Mejia gets first building trades endorsement

February 27, 2026 9:30 am

Analilia Mejia earned a new endorsement this morning from the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, the first building trades union to support her in her quest to represent New Jersey’s 11th congressional district. The endorsement from the carpenters,...

Laborers back Rob Menendez for re-election

February 24, 2026 12:23 pmFebruary 24, 2026 4:22 pm

The Laborers’ International Union of North America will support Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City) this year, making it the latest and one of the largest unions to endorse the two-term congressman in his bid for re-election. “When LiUNA has called...