September 2016
WEC Launches Campaign to Address Runaway Inequality
For Immediate Release, September 26, 2016 The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is pleased to announce our new campaign to address Runaway Inequality. In partnership with The Labor Institute, NJEA and New Jersey Policy [...]
2016 WEC Awards Dinner Honoree Bios
WEC is pleased and honored to recognize five outstanding leaders at our 2016 Awards Dinner, which will also serve as our 30th Anniversary Celebration. Colandus “Kelly” Francis, President, Camden County [...]
Healthy Schools Now Coalition Meeting
On September 20, more than 25 representatives from diverse labor, educational and community organizations assembled at NJEA headquarters in Trenton, NJ for the inaugural Healthy Schools Now coalition meeting of the 2016-17 academic year. Coalition [...]
Why N.J. schools close when there’s sweltering heat
"With our state in the throes of knock down, drag out fights surrounding competing and different educational funding philosophies, one area of near certain agreement is that all students deserve a safe and healthy learning [...]
@Issue: State of the Union on Labor Day 2016
Do yourself a favor and skip halfway down this article, right past the nonsense from Americans for Prosperity, to read the responses to some questions on the state of unions from our executive director, Dan [...]
August 2016
Urge Governor Christie to Take Action to Protect our Lives, Jobs, Health, Schools, and Businesses!
New Jersey Work Environment Council and our allies strongly urge Governor Christie to take action to protect our lives, jobs, health, schools, and businesses. The deadly hazards of crude oil shipments on rail are [...]