WEConnect
Welcome to WEConnect, our electronic newsletter, highlighting our work, news from coalition partners and upcoming events.
WEC is an alliance of labor, environmental and community groups and these newsletters provide just one more way to connect and reach our members.
2020
May 2020 WEConnect: Racial & Worker Justice, COVID-19 Updates, Education Perils, EPA Attacks Science
April 2020 WEConnect: Remembering Dominick Marino, COVID-19 Saving Lives, Protecting Workers, Warehouse Workers Protections Needed, WMD Recap
March 2020 WEConnect: COVID-19 Informing & Protecting Workers, Enhanced Cleaning Dangers, NJ Transit COVID-19 Bailout, Virtual Classrooms
February 2020 WEConnect: Coronavirus, NJ DOH Announces New Guidance on Mercury Floors, Gov.’s Budget, Transit Equity Day Recap
January 202 WEConnect: Gov Murphy signs EV Bill, NJ mandates severance pay, and the Oil Train Safety Bill is Derailed
2019
December 2019 WEConnect: 2019 Year in Review, Worker Violence Protections One Step Closer, & WEC Continues Pressure on Mercury in Floors
November 2019 WEConnect: Dec 10 WEC Annual Membership Meeting, NJ leads in offshore wind & public banking, Trump rolls back safety standards as another worker dies on the job
October 2019 WEConnect: Sandy and Toxics, PES Refinery Explosion Update, EV Lobby Day, Lead in Water Action, & College Affordability Act and WEC Dinner
September 2019 WEConnect: New school in Trenton, Workers fight for better conditions, labor and enviros team up on energy planning
August 2019 WEConnect: NJ’s offshore wind conference, SDA takes action on mercury in school floors, and Gov Murphy extends medical for first responders.
April 2019 WEConnect: Workers Memorial Day, Economic Development Authority Corruption, Mercury in NJ Schools & More!
March 2019 WEConnect: Oil Train Safety Bill Update; $15 Minimum Wage is Here; EDA Audit; SDA Funding
2018
12/07/2018 WEConnect: WEC Announces new Director, 2018 Awards Dinner Recap, Clean $15, Amazon Sickens Warehouse Workers
10/23/2018 WEConnect: Awards Dinner, Offshore Wind Development, Public Bank, Welcome Heather Sorge, Preventing Workplace Violence
09/06/2018 WEConnect: Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice, 2018 Awards Dinner, Warehouse Workers Deserve Better, Listen to Young People
06/29/2018 WEConnect: OurTurn, Electrification of NJ Transit, RMP Amendments Rescinded, Rising Star Nomination
05/09/2018 WEConnect: Job Announcement and Goodbye, Workers’ Memorial Day, Earned Sick Days, Dirty Dozen Employers, Worker Misclassification, Upcoming Trainings
04/20/2018 WEConnect: Workers’ Memorial Day, Free Film Screening, Offshore Wind Jobs, Upcoming Trainings
03/30/2018 WEConnect: Workers’ Memorial Day, Electrify Transportation, Oil Train Safety Bill, Public Need Over Corporate Greed
02/21/2018 WEConnect: Health & Safety in Our Schools, Jersey City Rally, Chemical Facility Safety, Train-the-Trainer, Toxic Legacy in Pompton Lakes
01/25/2018 WEConnect: WEC Top 10 List for Health & Safety, Chemical Hazards Webinar, Jersey City Rally for Transit, Train-The-Trainer for Tackling Inequality
2017
12/8/2017: WEConnect: WEC Member Meeting, Rail Bridge Report, Public Need Over Corporate Greed Training
11/21/2017: WEConnect: WEC Awards Dinner, Transition Appointments, Asbestos in Schools, Worker Fatality Database, Upcoming Trainings
10/19/2017: WEConnect: Acting on Climate, WEC Awards Dinner, Right to Know, Mold in Schools, Federal Appointments, HazCom Training
09/15/2017: WEConnect: WEC Awards Dinner, Job Training Event, Hurricane Hazards, Public Programs, Emergent Repairs, Lead Testing
08/15/2017: WEConnect: Offshore Wind Events, Remembering Adrienne Markowitz, Public Program, RMP Update, Addressing Inequality
07/28/2017: WEConnect: Workplace Violence Webinar, Offshore Wind Event, New Campaign Organizer, Oil Train Safety Bill Veto, RMP Update
06/19/2017: WEConnect: Better Budget Choices, Addressing Asbestos, Planning for Extreme Temperatures
05/10/2017 WEConnect: Acting on Climate, Protecting Our Safeguards
04/20/2017 WEConnect: Marches and Actions to Protect Workers and the Environment
03/21/2017 WEConnect: Saving Our Safeguards, Oil Train Safety Bill, Jersey Renews Kick-Off Events, National Worker Safety Platform, Workers’ Memorial Day
02/16/2017 WEConnect: Seeking Movement Builders, TSCA Chemical Review, Connecting with Labor on Climate, Protecting RMP Rule
01/30/2017 WEConnect: Jersey Renews Launch, Training for Public Need Over Corporate Greed, TSCA Still Needed, Silica
2016
12/23/2016 WEConnect: New Report: ACCESS DENIED, Book Deal Defeated, Member Meeting Recap, Sandy Survey
11/23/2016 WEConnect: Member Meeting, Awards Dinner Recap, Accessing ERPs, Testing for Lead, Accessing Bridge Inspections
10/18/2016 WEConnect: WEC Awards Dinner, Linden 60-Day Notice, Temperature Control, Climate Event
09/14/2016 WEConnect: Stop TPP, Annual Awards Dinner, New Industrial Hygienists, Member Survey Reminder
08/10/2016 WEConnect: Oil Trains, Awards Honoree Profile, Chemical Safety, Intern Announcement
07/14/2016 WEConnect: WEC Awards Dinner, PEOSH update, Oil Train Safety Bill, Temperature Control, Infectious Disease, & Job Opening
06/23/2016 WEConnect: Call for for crude oil train transparency, welcome Jerell Blakeley, TSCA reform, Stop wage theft
05/12/2016 WEConnect: Verizon Workers, EPA Updates chemical security rule, Respect Our Right to Know Petition
04/21/2016 WEConnect: Worker Memorial Day, Lead in Schools, New Silica Rule and PSA
02/11/2016 WEConnect: Chlorine report, silica rule, Worker Memorial Day & media training
01/21/2016 WEConnect: New OSHA Citations and Penalties, Media Training
2015
12/09/2015 WEConnect: Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Dinner Recap
11/25/2015 WEConnect: Annual Membership Meeting, Photos from Awards Dinner, and Oil Train Response Conference
11/10/2015 WEConnect: A Day’s Work Film Screening, Hazards Training & Awards Dinner
10/26/2015 WEConnect: WEConnect Inaugural Edition
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