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January 6, 2012
16th Annual Labor Candidates School & Non-Partisan Election Training Schedule
The New Jersey Labor Movement has built the best Labor Candidates Program in the country. Rank-and-file union members have won 685 elections and now represent working families in public offices within the State Senate and Assembly, on County Freeholder Boards, in our towns as Mayors, Aldermen, Committee and Council Members, Fire Commissioners, and on School Boards across the state.
The Labor Candidates School and Non-Partisan Training Seminars are the cornerstones of this successful political program. Election experts instruct union members about fundraising, research, message development, public speaking, media relations, voter contact, volunteer recruitment, targeting, and get-out-the-vote efforts. Participants are awarded full scholarships by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO. The Labor Candidates School and Non-Partisan Training Seminar are scheduled as follows:
| February 4, 2012: | Fire Commissioner Election Seminar in Trenton |
| March 24, 2012: | School Board/Non-partisan Election Seminar in Trenton |
| August 11-12, 2012: | Labor Candidates School, Rutgers University Continuing Studies Confernence Center |
Pursuant to the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidates Resolution, union members seeking election to public office must secure the support of their local union presiding officer who shall then notify the Central Labor Council and the New Jersey State AFL-CIO. All non-incumbent Labor Candidates are required to graduate from the Labor Candidates School or Seminar and be reviewed by the Central Labor Council before resources can be earmarked for his/her election campaign. Each union member seeking election or re-election to public office must complete and return the “Labor Candidates Survey” to COPE Director John Shea at (609) 989-8734- fax or cope@njaflcio.org.
We look forward to achieving many more Labor Candidates election successes together.