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Protect Workers’ Retirements from Wall Street’s Crypto Gambling

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Explore New Career Opportunities at Rowan College of South Jersey's Career & Technical Education Open House

27 Jul, 2026

The Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council is proud to support educational opportunities that help strengthen our workforce and create pathways to rewarding careers throughout South Jersey. Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) is inviting prospective students, career changers, and community

SNJCLC Scholarship is Now Live!

04 Mar, 2026

We are proud to support the next generation of leaders by investing in our members' families. Don't miss this opportunity for your union to help fund your education. All materials must be postmarked by July 30, 2026.

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America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

08, Jul, 2020

You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

08, Jul, 2020

Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

Daniel DiSalvo asks: “Will Unions Let Schools Reopen?” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April.

08, Jul, 2020

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms.

06, Jul, 2020

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

30, Jun, 2020

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

24, Jun, 2020