Low-income families are especially vulnerable to gas emissions.  🏙️Smaller apartments 👩‍👩‍👧More people per household 🏚️Old house, inadequate ventilation 🏭exposure to outdoor pollution The solution: 🔋Decarbonization = Healthy Buildings = Healthy Neighborhoods = Healthy Kids 🔋

POWERFUL: City of Elizabeth NJ residents come together to call on local electeds to: 💲include funding for decarb in budgets 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒prioritize communities most affected by climate change 🔎require annual inspections of every apartment to maintain our current buildings

Taking parents from their children is cruel. This isn't a controversial statement. We must create a fair process that respects all families. That's what the Biden-Harris #KeepingFamiliesTogether program is all about.

Disappointed by the court’s decision to put the #KeepingFamiliesTogether program on hold. This program can be an essential lifeline for New Jersey families seeking legal status and stability. We must keep advocating for fair and supportive immigration policies.

This #LaborDayWeekend, we’re sharing the stories of workers directly impacted by working in extreme heat.. Summer may be over, but extreme heat is here to stay.  Senate President Nick Scutari Speaker Craig J. Coughlin We need a #HeatStandardNow

“At the forum, Elizabeth resident Indira Palma said the building where she lives has roaches, water leaking from the ceiling & old elevators that have stopped working for months, making it difficult to get to her 5th floor apartment.” #RentersRising pix11.com/news/local-new…

New Jersey workers like Giovanni don’t have any guarantee of breaks or water during #extremeheat under current law. That’s why this #LaborDayWeekend we’re calling for a #HeatStandard Senate President Nick Scutari Speaker Craig J. Coughlin We need a #HeatStandardNow

#ClimateChange is real! And extreme heat is here to stay. Who stands with #NewJersey workers on #LaborDay and beyond, and will take action to protect them? Senate President Nick Scutari Speaker Craig J. Coughlin: We need a #HeatStandardNow! COSH Network NJWEC NJ Immigrant Justice Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union NDLON New Jersey Citizen Action

Lesly works at a laundromat where temps can reach 100+ degrees, w/ no fans or AC. The heat was so unbearable, she felt a sharp pain in her chest. “I was scared for my life and my family. I didn’t want to die.” Senate President Nick Scutari Speaker Craig J. Coughlin We need a #HeatStandardNow

Regardless of industry, every New Jersey worker deserves support in times of need. Let’s redesign unemployment benefits for the 21st century and make sure no one is shut out. Sign the petition now: bit.ly/jobbridgepetit… #NoWorkerLeftBehind

NJ Dreamers - It's not too late to complete your 2024-2025 financial aid application! Join us for one more FREE webinar tomorrow night at 6pm to get the help you need with the NJ Alternative Financial Aid Application before the September 15 deadline: shorturl.at/pNDqn

All #workers, regardless of #immigration status, have a right to be paid for their work. That’s why NELP, Legal Aid at Work, Make the Road New Jersey 🦋, & 9 other orgs + unions filed an amicus brief yesterday in support of a #NewJersey worker’s NJ Supreme Ct petition: nelp.org/defending-undo…

💥 Worker rights 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 Immigrants rights 💥 In New Jersey, 1 in 3 of our essential infrastructure workers are immigrants. Wage and hour protections must extend to ALL workers. Read more on our amicus filing with National Employment Law Project Legal Aid at Work Make the Road New Jersey 🦋 :

Your status in this country should not be an excuse for bad employers to cheat and not be held accountable. Immigrants and all workers keep this great state running. That’s why we 32BJ SEIU /// #BuildingJustice 🧹✊🏽, Make the Road New Jersey 🦋, National Employment Law Project and a host of others unions & orgs are pushing back!

Temp workers prevail after judge denies staffing agencies a 'second bite at the apple' • New Jersey Monitor Maybe now, again, just follow the law. newjerseymonitor.com/2024/09/04/tem…

💥BOOM: U.S. District Court strikes down NJBIA & temp agencies’ latest attempt to stop powerful Temp Workers' Bill of Rights. Judge ruled blocking the law would cause "substantial harm" to workers & families that depend on increased wages & benefits. newjerseymonitor.com/2024/09/04/tem…