CWA Member Stabbed at Work

On Monday, Leah Coleman, a CWA Local 1038 member and child protective services worker at the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, was stabbed 21 times by a deranged client at work. There was no security in the office. It was Leah's coworkers who saved her, tackling the assailant and treating her wounds until the ambulance arrived.

While she has gotten through surgery, Leah is still in critical condition. Her coworkers, friends and family are praying for her. We are also collecting funds to help Leah and her family at GiveForward.

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The incident happened just a few days after the Christie administration pulled police officers out of all of its child welfare offices.

"These workers are very brave. They risk their lives every day to protect children," CWA New Jersey area director Hetty Rosenstein said. "It is incomprehensible that the Human Services Police were pulled out of the offices. It's inexcusable."