After weeks of obstruction by Republican Senate leaders, millions of jobless workers who have or who will soon run out of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits may finally have a chance to grab an economic lifeline in the form of extended UI benefits. Read More>>

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has been fighting for health care reform for more than 50 years, and he’s seen the situation become even more dire over the past decade. In a great new op-ed, he explains the hard truths of our broken system and why we can’t wait any longer for health care reform: Read More>>

The Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO represents over 85,000 union members throughout Camden, Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties.

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New Jersey has become the third state in our country to pass Paid Family Leave legislation.  Governor Jon Corzine signed the bill into law on May 2, 2008.  Special thanks to Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney (Iron Workers 399) and Assemblyman Nelson Albano (UFCW 152) for their strong advocacy and persistence on this important issue.  Thank you to the New Jersey Partnership for Working Families Coalition and all of the local unions who lobbied in support of Paid Family Leave.  Your advocacy means a lot to working families in New Jersey.

 

Thousands of casino workers, elected officials, union leaders and supporters from the East Coast, New England and the Midwest filled the streets of Atlantic City on Saturday in a major march and rally to demand that casino owners stop stalling and negotiate with the workers’ union. (For full article blog.aflcio.org/2008/06/23/thousands-fill-atlantic-city-streets-to-demand-justice-for-casino-workers )