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Oct. 26, 2025

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Honoring Labor’s Strength: AFSCME’s Steve Tully Receives Mercer County Knights of Labor Award

On October 24, 2025, the Mercer County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council hosted its 37th Annual Knights of Labor Dinner, an evening dedicated to recognizing the leaders and allies who embody the strength, solidarity, and spirit of New Jersey’s labor movement.

Honoring Labor’s Strength: AFSCME’s Steve Tully Receives Mercer County Knights of Labor Award

Oct. 03, 2025

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How the shutdown will impact public services in states and cities

Working families across the country are staring down a health care crisis. Premiums are about to double for more than 22 million people, and hospitals and health centers nationwide struggle to keep their doors open.

How the shutdown will impact public services in states and cities

Sep. 19, 2025

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How Congress can lower health care costs and stop job losses

Nearly 22 million Americans are able to afford health care because of premium tax credits that are available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.However, those tax credits are going to expire on Dec. 31, 2025, thanks to the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

How Congress can lower health care costs and stop job losses

Sep. 10, 2025

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Speak out! Protect PSLF.

The administration is threatening to upend the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. They’re saying that if an employer doesn’t tow its ideological line, they’re going to prevent its workers from using PSLF.  

Speak out! Protect PSLF.

Aug. 29, 2025

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On Labor Day, we celebrate our power – and pledge to build it.

On Labor Day, we celebrate the power of workers to form unions, stand in solidarity, and together, improve our lives. But today, greedy billionaires are rolling back our workplace safety, trying to make it tougher to form unions, and attacking public service workers’ collective bargaining rights.

On Labor Day, we celebrate our power – and pledge to build it.