Manufacturing Division News

The elected rank and file executive board members of the New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board voted unanimously to disaffiliate from UNITE HERE, forming an independent union.

In doing so, New York and New Jersey Joint Board members joined 150,000 other union members across the country whose delegates and elected leaders also voted to disaffiliate from the international union.

The economic crisis that is affecting all of us has shown America that it's time to put working people first - not billionaires and corporate special interests.

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with the election of President Obama and the new Congress to make real progress on jobs, health care, a path to citizenship, and the right of every worker to organize. 

January 21,  2009 - Ninety Five members of the New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board's Manufacturing Division have finalized a new contract with their employer, Book Covers Inc in Newark, NJ.

Due to the weak economy, Book Covers Inc has recently suffered from decreased customer orders, and has been forced to temporary layoff 20% of the workforce. Despite this tough economic situation, the union bargaining committee was able to win the following:

October 25, 2008: NY-NJ Regional Joint Board Members hit the streets in Newark and Bayonne, NJ today for the third consecutive Saturday as part of their effort to mobilize fellow union members to vote in the Presidential election on November 4th.

To date, over 40 members from each of the union's three divisions (manufacturing, retail

October 10, 2008: New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board members, together with members of the Teamsters, UFCW, AFSCME, the NJ Laborers, SEIU, the Carpenters, the Plumbers and RWDSU rallied today in support of Senator Barack Obama for President.

Dennis Brooks, a Local 96 member from the Hilton Newark Penn Station, addressed the crowd about his reasons for supporting the Obama-Biden ticket.