Today is Labor Day and residential counselors and maintenance employees for SERV Centers of New Jersey in Mercer County anticipate help from state leaders as they stage a 24-hour unfair labor practice strike.

The members of AFSCME are protesting what they cite as unfair working conditions and SERV’s bad faith bargaining during contract negotiations.

They expect Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Speaker Craig Coughlin to join the picket line today in a sign of solidarity with the workers.

According to the labor union, the unfair labor practice strike follows another week of bad faith contract negotiations and intimidation by SERV management.

AFSCME NJ represents more than 20,000 women and men who go to work every day to keep NJ working. There are more than 30,000 retired and current AFSCME members living in New Jersey. New Jersey is AFSCME Strong!