CWAers in New Jersey Participate in Lobby Day

CWA members from across New Jersey met last week to lobby elected officials at the state capitol. CWA Local 1033 hosted the Legislative Training and Lobby Day with assistance from CWA staff from New Jersey and New York.

Local Political Directors Michele Liebtag (CWA Local 1036) and Anthony Mitchell (CWA Local 1037) instructed members on lobby procedure, how to speak to lawmakers, and how best to push their legislative priorities. N.J. Assembly Labor Committee Chair Anthony Verrelli (D) added to the instruction and conducted one-on-one sessions with members from Locals 1084 and 1033. 

The group then walked the short distance to the statehouse to meet with lawmakers. The Lobby Day drew CWA members from Locals 1000, 1014, 1032, 1033, 1036, 1037, 1040, 1084, 1089, and 1091. Represented nurses shared personal stories of understaffing and called on legislators to co-sponsor safe staffing legislation. Other members thanked lawmakers for breaking the gridlock that had stalled affordable housing construction for over a decade.

Afterward, many members shared that they felt empowered by their time lobbying for the issues that matter to them and their families.

 
CWA members from across New Jersey met for a Legislative Training and Lobby Day. Assembly Labor Committee Chair Anthony Verrelli (D) met with members during their training to help prepare them to lobby at the N.J. statehouse.