Lawrence L. Arcioni, a former six-term president of the New Jersey State Employees Association – the precursor to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and a former assistant commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor, died on August 18.  He was 94.

Arcioni joined state government at age 19 when he got a job operating a staple machine at the Unemployment Compensation Commission.  Over the next 45 years, he held a series of posts at the Department of Labor. His service to the State of New Jersey transcended eight governors.  He began working for the state when Walter E. Edge was governor.