Officers of the AFT Local 1904 at "Kill the Cuts" Rally (Newark, NJ)

On Tuesday, April 8th, Officers of the AFT Local 1904, together in solidarity with AFT Local 6025 (Adjuncts), AFTNJ, CNJSCL (Council), and national AFT leadership, attended the Kill the Cuts rally in Newark, NJ. This was a national day of action, on which labor communities across the United States stood up and demanded no cuts to education or to life-saving research.

Left to Right: Laura Field, President, AFT Local 1904; Karen Mingo-Campbell, Organizing Coordinator, AFT Local 1904; Emari DiGorgio, President, AFT Local 2275 (Stockton University) and President-Elect, CNJSCL (Council); Mary Wallace, President, AFT Local 6025 (Adjuncts)

Left to Right: Laura Field, President, AFT Local 1904; Randi Weingarten, President, AFT; Karen Mingo-Campbell, Organizing Coordinator, AFT Local 1904

Left to Right: Laura Field, President, AFT Local 1904; Randi Weingarten, President, AFT; Jennifer Higgins, President, AFTNJ

Randi Weingarten, President, AFT

KILL THE CUTS!

AFT Local 1904 President Laura Field attends Senator Britnee Timberlake's 6th Annual Community Empowerment Awards Reception

AFT Local 1904 President Laura Field attended Senator Britnee Timberlake's 6th annual Community Empowerment Awards Reception at The Appian Way on Friday, March 28th. The event honored "outstanding leaders and changemakers who embody the spirit of service, advocacy, and community empowerment."

Laura Field, President, AFT Local 1904 and Britnee Timberlake, NJ State Senator, District 34

AFT Local 1904 Officers at The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions

Several AFT Local 1904 officers and delegates attended the annual conference of The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. The conference took place in New York City on March 23th, 24th, and 25th. The theme of the conference was "Defense of Higher Education and Collective Bargaining." The keynote presentation, "Unity in Defense of Higher Education and Collective Bargaining," featured Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, and Lynn Pasquerella, President, American Association of Colleges and Universities. Officers attended panels on topics such as how AI is changing the bargaining landscape, antiracism and social justice issues as negotiable subjects, working with labor management committees, and many others. 

Officers/Delegates of the AFT Local 1904, Left to Right: David Trubatch (Past Vice President for Negotiations/Council Delegate), Susan Baglieri (Faculty Negotiator), Rick Reid (Teaching Faculty Coordinator), Laura Field (President), Catherine Baird (N.A.L. Representative), Jonathan Howell (Faculty Coordinator)

AFT Locals 1904 and 6025 Attend NJ AFL-CIO's 19th Annual Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Conference

On March 7th and 8th, Local 1904 Officers Catherine Baird (NAL Rep), Susan Hagen (Secretary), and Laura Field (President), along with other Council of New Jersey State College Locals and AFTNJ leaders, attended NJ AFL-CIO's 19th Annual Women in Leadership Development Conference (WILD). 

The conference "is designed to ensure that union women have every opportunity to be educated, develop leadership skills, and build diversity within the labor movement. Attendees at the annual WILD Conference meet and talk with national and state union leaders, organizers, educators, and authors—all of whom detail the challenges they face as well as their strategies for organizing and advocating for workers." (excerpted from https://njaflcio.org/wild/)

Above Photo (Left to Right): Mary Wallace, President, AFT Local 6025; Susan Hagen, Recording Secretary, AFT Local 1904; Jennifer Higgins, President, AFTNJ; Laura Field, President, AFT Local 1904; Catherine Baird. NAL Representative, AFT Local 1904; Laureen LeFever, AFT Local 1904/AFT Local 6025

Above Photo: Women leaders of the Council of New Jersey State College Locals (CNJSCL) and American Federation of Teachers, New Jersey (AFTNJ)