Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO

The Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO is pleased to offer eight scholarships for the year 2024. Each scholarship will be for $1,000. Only members of local unions affiliated with the Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, and their dependents, are eligible and may apply.

We will be awarding four scholarships in the memory of Abraham Solomon and four scholarships in the memory of Ed Purtill, the first Executive Director of the United Labor Agency of Bergen County, AFL-CIO Community Services.

Click here to download the Abe Solomon Scholarship Application.

Click here to download the Ed Purtill Community Service Scholarship Application.

Please read all the eligibility requirements. Feel free to put this information on your website, and make as many copies that are needed for your membership.

The Selection Committee requests that all applications are returned by April 5, 2024.

Since the beginning of the scholarship fund over forty years ago, over two hundred scholarships have been awarded. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and officers of the Bergen County Central Trades & Labor Council, AFL-CIO thank you for your continued support and cooperation.

The Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL- CIO and in partnership with the Bergen County Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO will be hosting our annual COPE Cocktail Reception on Thursday, October 26, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the New Bridge Inn located at 105 Old New Bridge Road, New Milford. The proceeds of this event will benefit our Committee on Political Education (COPE) and support our Labor 2023 Member Mobilization Campaign.

Click here for a flyer and order form to purchase tickets. For more information, please contact Janet Giuliano at (201) 967-5953.

There is much at stake for working people in this year in the upcoming State Legislative and County elections. Electing labor friendly candidates at all levels of government is crucial to achieving a working families agenda for our members.

We hope to build upon our past success and continue to expand our program. These goals can only be achieved by a well financed and resourced Central Labor Council with the solidarity of the entire labor movement.

 

 

the Bergen County Central Trades & Labor Council, AFL-CIO, in partnership of the Bergen County Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, will be hosting its annual Cocktail Reception on Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 6-9 PM, at the New Bridge Inn, 105 Old New Bridge Road, New Milford, NJ. The proceeds of this event will benefit our Committee on Political Education (COPE), and support our Labor 2022 Member Mobilization Campaign.

Click here to download an order form.

As you know, there is much at stake for working people this year in the upcoming State Legislative and County elections. Electing labor friendly candidates at all levels of government is crucial to achieving a working families agenda for our members.

We hope to build upon our past success and continue to expand our program. These goals can only be achieved by a well financed and resourced Central Labor Council with the solidarity of the entire labor movement.

For more information, please contact Janet Giuliano at (201) 967-5953.

We are pleased to announce the tenth annual Mike “Doc” Doklia Memorial Beefsteak Scholarship Dinner. Mike was a former Director of the United Labor Agency of Bergen County, a former Vice-President of this Labor Council, and a former Trustee for this Scholarship Fund. We are honored to name this dinner after Mike. The Beefsteak Dinner will be held on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at the IBEW Local 164 Hall, 65 W. Century Road, Paramus, NJ, from 6 – 9 PM.

Click here to download ticket order form.

The Abe Solomon Scholarship Fund, sponsored by the Bergen County Central Trades & Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Inc., has for the last forty-four years, awarded two hundred eighteen scholarships to union members and their families. We do this to ease the burden on union families trying to cope with the ever-increasing cost of a college or post-high school educational program. Our scholarships are given in honor of two men who were part of the labor movement in Bergen County. Abe Solomon was a past President and a leader in the early years of this Labor Council. Ed Purtill was a past Director of the United Labor Agency of Bergen County, and was passionate about community service. We are proud to honor these two giants of our labor history.

The cost of the dinner will be $60.00 per person, or $600.00 per table of ten. Please make all checks payable to the Abe Solomon Scholarship Fund. Please RSVP by July 1, 2022. All proceeds will go to the Scholarship Fund for future awards.

Thank you in advance for your continued support, not only from the Bergen CLC and the Scholarship Trustees, but also from the recipients of these scholarships.

Apprenticeship Recruitment 2023

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE DIVISION
UA – NJ EDUCATION FUND
http://www.uanj.org

APPLICATIONS: For five-year Apprenticeship Program in the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration field will be available from Sept. 12th, 2022, to Sept. 23rd, 2022. Applications must be filled out, IN PERSON, at the following times and locations:

Local Union 274
205 Jefferson Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Local Union 475 136 Mt. Bethel Rd. Warren, NJ 07059
7:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Local Union 9
450 Rt. 33 & Iron Ore Rd. Englishtown, NJ 07726
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Local Union 322
534 South Route 73
Winslow, NJ 08095
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Click here for more information.

 

The Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO would like to invite you to the 2022 Philip J. McLewin 36th Annual Community Services Awards Breakfast on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 9:00 am. This year’s breakfast will be held at the Hasbrouck Heights Hilton Hotel located at 650 Terrace Ave in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ.

Click here to download order form.

We will be honoring Cesar Gamio, Business Agent from the International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 825, as our Labor Leader of the Year. In recognition of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are proud to present our Community Services Award to th Bergen CLC Affiliated Health Care Workers’ Unions (AFSCME Local 860, District 1199J NUHHCE/AFSCME, HPAE Locals 5004, HPAE Local 5091)

Click here to download order form. Please RSVP by Friday, May 6, 2022.

We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our union brother Timothy J. Rudolph, President of IFTPE Local 195 and New Jersey State AFL-CIO Executive Board Member.

Brother Rudolph was an Army Veteran who served in the Persian Gulf War and in Operation Desert Storm. He served as the Chair of IFTPE’s Veteran Council and was a member of the state’s Veteran Council.

He was also a Trustee with the American Labor Museum / Botto House National Landmark, an active member of his community and a friend to our entire Labor Movement.

Funeral and services arrangements for Brother Rudolph can be found here.

We send our condolences to the Rudolph family as well as our brothers and sisters in the IFTPE.

Rest in peace.

In Solidarity
Michael Schneider
President Bergen CLC