PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 31, 2024, entitled "Union Members in New Jersey - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 16.1 percent of wage and salary workers in New Jersey, compared with 14.9 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the union members  more

PAULSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: A transportation company is facing $437,860 in federal penalties after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found workplace safety and health hazards at its Paulsboro site. OSHA initiated its inspection of Dana Container in July 2023 in response to an employee complaint that alleged safety and he  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release Feb. 1, 2024: * * * Arts and cultural strategies will support ongoing progress in treasured water bodies across New York and New Jersey * * * The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announced on Tuesday EPA's inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts. Assistant Administrator Fox made the announcement   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket 23-237; WT Docket No. 02-378) on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * The Region 8 (New York Metropolitan and Northern New Jersey)/1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold their 2024 quarterly meetings on the following dates. The Region Secretary will email the virtual meeting link information two weeks prior to each virtual meeting. To  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-24) on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New Jersey LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communication  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today is announcing the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's proposed Bus Terminal in New York City. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement, an important step in an applicant's process to potentia  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey. On Feb. 1, Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi in federal court to an information charging him with five counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: A New Jersey man was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to 72 months in prison and two years of supervised release for committing two separate mail fraud schemes in which he stole more than $50 million from victims throughout the United States by sending letters falsely telling them that they were entitled to receive a large sum of money in exchang  more

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: A widespread investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered nearly $16 million in back wages and restored over 24,700 paid sick leave hours to leave banks for more than 2,800 workers denied their full wages and benefits by 62 subcontractors hired to construct temporary housing and provide services to Afghan refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurs  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a proposed consent decree today to resolve its lawsuit against Roosevelt Care Centers (RCC) for violating Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. According to the complaint, which was filed in federal court on March 20, 2023, Roosevelt Care Centers unlawfully   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: A New Jersey man admitted violating the Travel Act using the internet to engage in money laundering, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Juan Perez-Aguila, 69, of Paulsboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Feb. 1, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of inte  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for his role in procuring, casting, and tabulating fraudulent mail-in ballots submitted in the Nov. 8, 2022, general election, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Craig Callaway, 64, a former member and president of the City Council of Atlantic City and a political organizer who assisted c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A New Jersey man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Lee A. Giobbie, 40, of Eastampton, New Jersey, is ch  more