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06/29/2018 WEConnect: OurTurn, Electrification of NJ Transit, RMP Amendments Rescinded, Rising Star Nomination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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