February 2019
Invest in Environment and Infrastructure, Not Corporate Welfare
It has been more than a year since the Christie administration ended, but it turns out it left one last surprise for New Jersey’s workers and taxpayers, according to an audit released by the New Jersey State [...]
January 2019
New Jersey Raises Minimum to $15
Thanks to the work of WEC and many allies in the Fight for $15 coalition, New Jersey is now the fourth state in the nation to have a $15 minimum wage by 2024. We want [...]
WEC Statement on Comptroller Audit of the Economic Development Authority
January 9, 2018A report released earlier today by the state comptroller confirms what the NJ Work Environment Council (WEC) and our partners have been educating on and advocating around for decades: that our economy in [...]
December 2018
Bear Spray Incident at NJ Amazon Warehouse Shine Light on Safety Record
Internet giant Amazon was urged by a worker advocacy group weeks ago to give workplace safety its urgent attention. After a bear spray can fell off a shelf and discharged at an Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville, sending [...]
November 2018
Debra Coyle McFadden New Executive Director
NJ Work Environment Council Announces Debra Coyle McFadden as the New Executive Director of the State Labor-Environmental Alliance Ewing – The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) Board is thrilled to announce the formal [...]
October 2018
What OffShore Wind Could Do for Economy and Jobs in NJ
Sometimes success is about being in the right place at the right time. Eight years after the signing of one of the nation’s most robust laws to open the market to offshore-wind generation, New [...]