Mission 2007 Annual Report Recent Accomplishments What you can do Internships WEC Funders WEC Board WEC Staff   WEC organizes grassroots campaigns and helps the labor and environmental movements speak with a unified voice. We helped more than 5,000 citizens get vital information about toxic risks on their jobs and in  their neighborhoods. We got the state Labor department to notify 200,000 New Jersey employers that they must post notices of employee rights to speak out for safety and a clean environment under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act. We unite community and environmental organizations and unions to prevent hazards, stop pollution, and maintain jobs.              The Work Environment Council was formed by labor and environmental leaders who led the successful fight for the nation's strongest chemical Right to Know law. Today, WEC is a membership organization that includes labor, community, and environmental organizations. WEC participates in a national network of 25 union-based safety and health coalitions.   WEC programs include training, trying to prevent jobs versus environment conflicts, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and fostering communication between the labor and environmental movements.

Safe, Secure Jobs and a Healthy, Sustainable Environment Each year more than 2,500 New Jersey workers die and more than 14,000 suffer from a work-related disease. About 200,000 workers are injured. Our state also has huge environmental problems. We breathe unhealthy air one out of three summer days. Eighty-five percent of our waterways are too polluted for fishing or swimming. We have more then 9,000 toxic waste sites. Many of our workers toil in dangerous workplaces and much of our population lives near these industries. Yet, despite the widespread fear of job loss, working people and communities are acting together to prevent these hazards. back to top   WEC's Mission The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is an alliance of 70 labor, community, and environmental organizations working together for safe, secure jobs, and a healthy, sustainable environment.  WEC links workers, communities, and environmentalists through training, technical assistance, grassroots organizing, and public policy campaigns to promote dialogue, collaboration, and joint action. back to top   YOU can help… Get your organization to join WEC or join WEC as an individual member.  WEC Membership   Volunteer to get postcards or petitions signed at public events or to work in our office.   Participate in a WEC Committees or Campaign.    Intern with WEC. Projects include working to make scientific information on the health and ecological effects of toxic chemical exposure understandable to workers and community residents.   Make a donation to help WEC continue to fight for workers, the environment and the health of our communities,        Please contact us at info@njwec.org for more information. back to top                   WEC Funders In addition to our members and individual supporters, WEC thanks the following foundations and government agencies for their important support and commitment to our work during 2005 and 2006. Bauman Foundation Beldon Fund Belvedere Fund of the Rockefeller Family Foundation Educational Foundation of America Environmental Endowment for New Jersey Ford Foundation French-American Charitable Trust Fund for New Jersey Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Nathan Cummings Foundation The Nat'l Council of Occupational Safety & Health New Jersey Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development New World Foundation New York Community Trust Public Welfare Foundation Schumann Fund for New Jersey Tides Foundation-Alki Fund Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock   2007 WEC Board of Directors OFFICERS President John Pajak, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 877 Vice President Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith Rev. Ronald Tuff, Executive Director, Paterson Task Force for Community Action Treasurer Dena Mottola Jaborska, Director, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Recording Secretary Adam Liebtag, Staff Representative, Communications Workers of America Local 1034, AFL-CIO  Other Members of the Board of Directors Sam Ferraino, Jr., President, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1360 Colandus “Kelly” Francis, President, Camden County Branch, National  Association for the Advancement of Colored People Amy Goldsmith, Executive Director, NJ Environmental Federation Mae Lang, Assistant to the Director, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 1, AFL-CIO Mary Lewis, Training Representative, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 595 Mujahid Majeed, Trainer, Community Action & Response Agains Toxics Team, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists   Linda Mason, Legislative/Political Coordinator, American Federation  of Government Employees, District 2, AFL-CIO Ron McCullough, President, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 155 Jane Nogaki, Co-Chair, NJ Right to Know and Act Coalition Jim Rowe, President, United Steelworkers Local 4-943 Wendell Steinhauer, Secretary-Treasurer, New Jersey Education Association John Shinn, International Representative, United Steelworkers,    AFL-CIO Jeff Tittel, Director, New Jersey Chapter, Sierra Club General Counsel David Tykulsker, Esq. back to top   WEC Staff To contact WEC, please send an email to our general mail box, and the email will be forwarded to the appropriate individual.   Rick Engler, Director            Valorie Caffee, Organizing Director    Victor Coronado, Associate Organizer Debra Coyle, Organizer/Assistant to the Director   Djenaba Figueroa, Office Manager          Cecelia Gilligan Leto, Training Coordinator Denise Patel, Campaign Organizer Full time staff are members of USW Local 4-149 or CWA 38010. back to top