CWAers Help Win Major Upset in New Jersey’s Special Election for Congress!

Powered by CWA members and other labor partners, Congressional candidate and labor leader Analilia Mejia just history with a big victory in last week’s Special Election Primary for New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.

After a tough, twelve-person race followed by several days of ballot-counting with the race too close to call, Mejia, endorsed by CWA District 1 as well as many other unions and community organizations representing working people in Essex, Morris, and Passaic Counties, NJ, declared victory yesterday.

A longtime CWA ally, Mejia stood as the clear labor candidate in the race. She began her career as a union organizer and played a key role in the fights for a $15 minimum wage and paid sick leave in New Jersey.

“This is a watershed moment for working families in New Jersey,” said Dennis Trainor, Vice President of CWA District 1. “When the labor movement rallies behind one of its own, we can change the political landscape. We are incredibly proud of our members who poured their hearts into this campaign!”

Over the past several weeks dozens of members of CWA Locals 1037 and 1040 have mobilized to knock on doors and make phonecalls to voters to talk about Mejia, joining hundreds of other workers in a truly union-powered campaign.