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 The New Jersey Laborers Health and Safety Fund announce the schedule for member vision screenings.  All screenings will start an hour before your Local Union's membership meeting.  The screeening are offered free of charge and bno appointment is required.     &nbs...

The new 2014 Local 172 S.E.T. FALL Schedule is now available to view. To view the 2014 Fall Schedule, please scroll down.*REMINDER* All FOLSOM CLASSES WILL BE HELD AT THE FOLSOM FIRE HOUSE LOCATED AT 1334 MAYS LANDING ROAD HAMMONTON NJ 08037. To Register for a class that you're intere...

Newark’s Councilman-Elect focused on safety, schools, and jobs LIUNA members get dispatched to jobs all the time.  No big deal, right?  Well, for LIUNA Local 3 member Eddie Osborne, the job assignment he received late in the evening of May 13th IS a big deal, and a whole heck of a l...

The new Local 172 S.E.T. 2014 Summer Schedule is now available to view. To view the 2014 Summer Schedule, please CLICK HERE*REMINDER* All FOLSOM CLASSES WILL BE HELD AT THE FOLSOM FIRE HOUSE LOCATED AT 1334 MAYS LANDING ROAD HAMMONTON NJ 08037. To Register for a class that you're interested in,...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a comprehensive bank-to-bank clean up of the Lower Passaic River, an area left for dead after decades of industrial pollution.  While their recommendations carry some weight, the fact is that offending parties can continue to draw out the process...

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should waste no time in adopting a living wage standard for all of its airports.  All workers deserve a family-sustaining wage and benefits for their labor. Certainly, they do not deserve to work for poverty wages. Living wage standards are already ...

 The New Jersey Laborers Union endorsed for re-election Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith, citing his strong record of stabilizing finances, strengthening government services, and supporting middle class and working families. “In the six years that Mark Smith has been in office, Bayonne has seen ...

MONROE TWP, NJ -- The 20,000 member New Jersey Laborers Union is throwing its considerable political support behind Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in the race to succeed Congressman Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. “Since she first took office in the New Jersey St...

MONROE TWP, NJ -- The 20,000 member New Jersey Laborers Union is throwing its considerable political support behind Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in the race to succeed Congressman Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. “Since she first took office in the New Jersey St...