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NJCU Continues to Strengthen Partnership with Union Labor While Working to Bring Economic Opportunity to Hudson County 
 

JERSEY CITY, N.J. | (NJCU) partnered with the Hudson County Building Trades to host a job fair on Tuesday, October 24 for students and Hudson County residents to learn about job opportunities with local trade unions.

  (📸credit: Paul Gargiulo/NJCU University Communications)

The job fair, held at NJCU’s Gilligan Student Union, was attended by representatives from numerous local unions, including Plumbers Local #24, Sprinkler Fitters Local # 696, Operating Engineers Local #825, Pipefitters Local #274, Carpenters Local #253, IBEW Local #164, Tile and Marble Local #7, Insulators Local #32, Glazier’s Painters and Spacklers Local #21, Laborers Local #3 and Heavy Highway Local #472, Crest/Mechanics Local #477, Auto and Diesel Technicians, and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employers (IATSE) Local #59. Local elected officials and community leaders also attended the event to show their support, including Assembly members Angela McKnight and William B. Sampson IV, Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea and Hudson County Building Trades President Patrick Kelleher.