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)

AFT Local 1904 and Other Communities Gather in Solidarity to Defend Students and Continued Access to Education in the United States

Today, officers and other members of the AFT Local 1904 and AFT Local 6025 (adjuncts), together with students and others of the general MSU community, as well as members of AFT New Jersey and the New Jersey Education Association, gathered in solidarity on the MSU campus, to defend students and continued access to education in the United States. Participants assembled at the MSU Amphitheater, where opening remarks were offered by AFT Local 1904 President Laura Field, AFT Local 6025 President Mary Wallace, and AFT New Jersey President Jennifer Higgins, followed by a solidarity walk around campus.

Solidarity Event Gathering, MSU Amphitheater

Solidarity Event Gathering, MSU Amphitheater

AFT Local 1904 President Laura Field,
AFT Local 6025 President Mary Wallace,
and AFT New Jersey President Jennifer Higgins
sharing opening remarks

Past and Present Officers of the AFT Local 1904

AFT Local 1904 Attends COPE Event for New Jersey Assemblyperson Michael Venezia

On Thursday, January 23rd, Treasurer Michael Heller and President Laura Field attended a COPE event for New Jersey Assemblyperson Michael Venezia of the 34th District. Attendees and speakers included Assemblyperson Carmen Morales, Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin, and Essex County Chair LeRoy J. Jones, Jr.

Above Photo (Left to Right): Laura Field (President, AFT Local 1904), Jennifer Higgins (President, AFTNJ), Michael Venezia (NJ Assembly, 34th District), Mary Wallace (President, AFT Local 6025), Michael Heller (Treasurer, AFT Local 1904), Bob Russo (Treasurer, AFT Local 6025), Laureen LeFever (1st Vice President, AFT Local 6025)

AFT Local 1904 Shows up for the Martin Luther King, Jr. March of Resistance

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, AFT Local 1904 officers joined the People’s Organization for Progress's (POP) in their The Martin Luther King, Jr. March of Resistance in Newark, New Jersey. Over 500 participants marched from the Martin Luther King Jr. statue to the Federal Building, and then back again, for a day of speakers and workshops. This event was endorsed by over 300 grassroots, civic, community, labor, student, religious, racial, and social justice organizations--including AFT Local 1904. The purpose of the march was to honor MLK Jr. and the Civil Rights movement, and to stand in solidarity and advocate for social justice. 

Above Photo (Left to Right): Rich Wolfson (Past-President, AFT Local 1904), Laura Field (President, AFT Local 1904), Bill Sullivan (Vice President for External Affairs, AFT Local 1904)

Above Photo (Left to Right): Laura Field (President, AFT Local 1904), Bob Russo (Treasurer, AFT Local 6025), Laureen LeFever (1st Vice President, AFT Local 6025), Mary Wallace (President, AFT Local 6025), Carl Gunhouse (AFT Local 6025), Lucye Millerand (URA-AFT), Bill Sullivan (Vice President for External Affairs, AFT Local 1904)

Above Photo (Left to Right): Charlie Hall (Speaker), Larry Hamm (Speaker)