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2020

JANUARY

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
01-31-2020 Lawmakers introduce ‘fair scheduling’ bill to end unpredictable work shifts NJBIZ Workers’ Rights
01-31-2020 To help N.J. shift workers, bill seeks to end schedule surprises NJ 101.5 Workers’ Rights
01-31-2020 Fair Work Schedules Next on Agenda for Unions, Labor Advocates NJ Spotlight Workers’ Rights
01-30-2020 Assemblywoman Timberlake Backs ‘Fair Work Week’ Bill In NJ Patch.com Workers’ Rights
01-30-2020 Workers, Labor, Community leaders, Elected Officials Unveil New Jersey Fair Work Week Act InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights
01-29-2020 Severance Pay Law, First in US, Protects Workers in Mass Layoffs NJ Spotlight Workers’ Rights
01-27-2020 Make the Road New Jersey Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Allow Public Charge Rule to Advance, Pending Litigation InsiderNJ Immigrant Rights
01-15-2020 NJ law would require severance pay for mass layoffs NJ 101.5 Workers’ Rights
01-13-2020 NJ’s required severance for mass layoffs is national first NJBIZ Workers’ Rights
01-13-2020 NEW JERSEY STATE LEGISLATURE APPROVES NATION’S FIRST GUARANTEED SEVERANCE PAY BILL InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights
01-10-2020 Línea de Ayuda: Licencias para indocumentados en NY y NJ (video) Telemundo Driver’s Licenses

2019

DECEMBER 

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
12-23-2019 Make the Road New Jersey and Elizabeth Public Schools Launch Youth-Led Student Success Center InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
12-20-2019 Murphy firma la ley de las licencias, pero estas pueden tardar hasta 13 meses para emitirse Reporte Hispano Let’s Drive NJ
12-20-2019 Murphy Signs Law Granting NJ Driver’s Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants NJ Spotlight Let’s Drive NJ
12-20-2019 Immigrant Communities and Let’s Drive NJ Coalition Applauds Governor Murphy Signing Legislation For Driver’s Licenses For All New Jerseyans InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
12-19-2020 Es oficial: Indocumentados ya podrán solicitar sus licencias de conducir en Nueva Jersey Univision Let’s Drive NJ 
12-19-2019 Murphy signs law opening NJ driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants NJTV News Let’s Drive NJ
12-19-2019 Murphy Signs Legislation Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Obtain Drivers Licenses Tap Into Let’s Drive NJ
12-17-2019 License Bill Puts NJ’s Undocumented in the Driver’s Seat — Legally NJ Spotlight Let’s Drive NJ
12-16-2019 Why Undocumented Immigrants are Closer to Obtaining Drivers Licenses in New Jersey Tap Into Let’s Drive NJ
12-16-2019 Nueva Jersey aprueba licencias de conducir para miles de indocumentados. Estos son los requisitos para sacarla Telemundo Let’s Drive NJ
12-16-2019 NJ legislators OK licenses for undocumented immigrants, send bill to Gov. Phil Murphy NorthJersey Let’s Drive NJ
12-16-2019 NJ Legislature Approves Driver’s Licenses Bill InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
12-10-2019 Assembly acts on driver’s licenses for the undocumented Politico Let’s Drive NJ
12-09-2019 Make the Road NJ applauds Judiciary Committee Approval of Driver’s License Bill InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
12-09-2019 Assembly Judiciary Committee Releases A4743 Bill To Expand Access To Standard Driver’s Licenses To More Residents InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
12-04-2019 VIDEO: Immigrant Moms from LD36 Call on Senator Sarlo to Support Drivers Licenses InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ

NOVEMBER 

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
11-26-2019 Revamped Wage Theft Law to Provide Unprecedented Relief for NJ Workers LAW.com Worker’s Rights
11-24-2019 Marchers Urge NJ Driver’s Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants WCBS RADIO 880 Let’s Drive NJ
11-18-2019 Activists Pressing for Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants NJ Spotlight DACA, Let’s Drive NJ
11-13-2019 We’re Dreamers and we just want to be like other teens NJ.com DACA, Let’s Drive NJ
11-12-2019 Jersey ‘dreamers’ make plea for their future as Supreme Court debates DACA NJ.com DACA
11-11-2019 Dreamers’ from NJ heading to DC, as Supreme Court weighs fate of DACA NJTV DACA
11-08-2019 Hundreds Rally Calling For Access to Driver’s Licenses For All Residents In New Jersey InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
11-07-2019 En pie de lucha por las licencias para inmigrantes Telemundo Let’s Drive NJ

OCTOBER

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
10-31-2019 Announcing New Support in the State Assembly, Fair Work Week NJ Highlights Disproportionate Impact of “Just-In-Time” Scheduling on Workers and Women of Color NJ Spotlight Workers’ Rights
10-28-2019 Murphy to Consider Making 315,000 more NJ Workers Eligible for Overtime Murphy to Consider Making 315,000 more NJ Workers Eligible for Overtime NJ 101.5 Workers’ Rights
10-25-2019 Think Tank: Expand Pool of Workers in NJ Eligible for Overtime NJ Spotlight Workers’ Rights
10-24-2019 NJPP REPORT: Valuing Our Time: Strengthening New Jersey’s Overtime Law InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights
10-22-2019 Census Bureau Needs 45K Temporary Workers in NJ for 2020 Count NJ Spotlight Census 2020
10-20-2019 Next goal for NJ labor activists: Predictable work schedules NJ 101.5 Workers’ Rights
10-16-2019 Last-minute schedule changes at work? Lawmakers want to cut down on that NJBIZ Workers’ Rights
10-16-2019 Weinberg touts ‘fair workweek’ bill to protect shift workers PoliticoPro Workers’ Rights
10-16-2019 Workers, Labor & Community leaders, Elected Officials Launch Fair Work Week Campaign in N.J. InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights
10-14-2019 Death of temporary worker at warehouse sparks protest that will include widow NJ.com Workers’ Rights
10-14-2019 The Tears of a Working Man’s Sister in Kearny: Edilberto Caicedo (1960-2019) InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights
10-14-2019 Hudson County Worker’s Death Sparks Outrage, Calls For Change Patch.com Workers’ Rights
10-12-2019 Perth Amboy se moviliza por las licencias (print) Reporte Hispano Let’s Drive NJ

SEPTEMBER

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
09-27-2019 Immigrant Rights Advocates Applaud Attorney General Grewal’s Termination of all 287(g) Agreements in New Jersey  InsiderNJ Immigrant Rights
09-27-2019 NJ Attorney General blocks ICE agreements with county jails, intensifying standoff northjersey.com Immigrant Rights
09-16-2019 Alcaldes y Dreamers se unen a la lucha por las licencias de conducir para inmigrantes Reporte Hispano Let’s Drive NJ
09-12-2019 Immigrant Groups, Indivisible, Activists to Host “DefundHate” Week of Action to Push Congress to Cut Funds for ICE and CBP InsiderNJ Defund Hate
09-12-2019 Congress must tell Amazon that the lives of immigrant workers like me are not for sale NJ.com Workers’ Rights
09-10-2019 Local Leaders in Middlesex County with New Brunswick Mayor Cahill Join Dreamers to Urge New Jersey Leadership to Act on Expanded Access to Driver’s Licenses Regardless of Immigration Status in New Jersey  InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
09-08-2019 Immigrant Groups, Indivisible, Activists to Host “Defund Hate” Week of Action to Push Congress to Cut Funds for ICE and CBP InsiderNJ Defund Hate
09-05-2019 Over 100 NJ Dreamers, Immigrant and Youth Leaders Urge New Jersey Leadership to Immediately Expand Access to Driver’s Licenses on Anniversary of DACA’s End InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ

AUGUST

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
08-06-2019 New Jersey Workers, Advocates Celebrate Signing of Landmark Anti-Wage Theft Law InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights

JULY

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
07-25-2019 Inmates deal with no AC in Bergen County Jail Amsterdamn News Immigrant Rights
07-23-2019 ICE raids only resulted in 35 arrests, so far. More than 2,000 immigrants are on the list. NJ.com Immigrant Rights
07-20-2019 New Jersey heat wave: Record-breaking temperatures? Here’s everything you need to know northjersey.com Immigrant Rights
07-20-2019 Bergen County Jail air conditioning repaired after outage, protesters gather despite heat northjersey.com Immigrant Rights
07-14-2019 Protesters bash Trump’s raids and Amazon saying ‘No Tech 4 ICE’ NJ.com Workers’ Rights
07-14-2019 Immigrant rights group protests outside NJ ICE detention center NJ 101.5 Workers’ Rights
07-14-2019 New Jersey immigrant communities remain on alert on day when ICE raids are slated to begin northjersey.com Immigrant Rights
07-14-2019 Protest against ICE raids held in Elizabeth News12 New Jersey Workers’ Rights
07-12-2019 Immigration groups in N.J. on high alert as ICE reportedly prepares to conduct mass raids this weekend NJ.com Immigrant Rights

JUNE

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
06-25-2019 Is NJ closer to driver’s licenses for unauthorized immigrants? NJ 101.5 Let’s Drive NJ
06-18-2019 Make the Road New Jersey Urges Action on Drivers License Expansion for Immigrant NJers in Light of Historic New York Victory InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
06-13-2019 Make The Road NJ: Union County High School Students Show Support for Millionaire’s Tax this Prom Season InsiderNJ Millionaire’s Tax 

MAY

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
05-28-2019 Mixed Reaction to Rabner’s New Rules on Immigrant Courthouse Arrests by ICE NJ Spotlight Immigrant Rights
05-25-2019 STATEMENT: Make the Road New Jersey Responds to New Jersey Court Directive on ICE Courthouse Arrests InsiderNJ Immigrant Rights
05-01-2019 Advocates Make May Day Push For Driver’s Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Gothamist  Let’s Drive NJ

APRIL

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
04-30-2019 May Day will be marked with protests demanding licenses for undocumented immigrants northjersey.com Let’s Drive NJ
04-25-2019 Make the Road New Jersey and NJ mayors denounce citizenship question on Census Amsterdam News Census 2020
04-22-2019 Immigrants in NJ protest 2020 census citizenship question PIX 11 Census 2020

MARCH

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
03-26-2019 New Jersey Workers, Advocates Celebrate Senate Passage of Landmark Anti-Wage Theft Legislation, Call on Assembly for Swift Passage InsiderNJ Workers’ Rights
03-18-2019 We’re not wealthy and we don’t need to cheat to get into college. Here’s how we gain admission. NJ.com Immigrant Rights
03-14-2019 N.J. dreamers hope they’ll become citizens — and not deported by Trump — under new push by House Dems NJ.com Immigrant Rights

FEBRUARY

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
02-18-2019 NJ joins suit challenging Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall funding northjersey.com Immigrant Rights
02-18-2019 Trump’s national emergency declaration triggers protests nationwide NJ TV Immigrant Rights
02-04-2019 Gov. Phil Murphy signs NJ $15 minimum wage bill into law northjersey.com Workers’ Rights

JANUARY

Date Article Publication Issue(s)
01-24-2019 Over 80 Groups and Organizations Join the Let’s Drive NJ Campaign to Expand Access to Drivers Licenses to More Residents Regardless of Immigration Status InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ
01-22-2019 Supreme Court won’t hear DACA case this term. What does that mean for ‘Dreamers’? northjersey.com DACA
01-15-2019 Make The Road NJ: Gov Murphy’s First Year Brings Groundbreaking Change for Immigrant Communities, But Progress on Key Driver’s License Bill Lags InsiderNJ Let’s Drive NJ

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