Thank You, Neeraj Vedwan!

At the AFT Local 1904 Membership Meeting on May 2, 2018, the Local thanked Neeraj Vedwan for his two terms (four years) of service to the Local as an Officer (Secretary). We wish Neeraj all the best as he prepares for a well earned sabbatical.

AFT Local 1904 is Recognized For Its 50th Chartered Year

Congratulations to AFT Local 1904 for 50 Years as a Chartered Local, as of September 14th, 2018! The Charter has been updated to include Specialists.

AFT Local 1904 Election Results for 2018-2020

Results of the Officer and Delegate elections for AFT Local 1904, for the term of May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2020, are listed below:

Officers:
President: Rich Wolfson
Vice Presdient for Internal Affairs: Brian Abrams
Vice President for External Affairs: Jennifer Higgins
Vice President for Negotiations: Ken Brook
Professional Staff Negotiations Coordinator: Alex Sperling
Vice President for Personnel: Maughn Gregory
Treasurer: Mike Heller
Secretary: Susan Hagen
Librarian Coordinator: William Vincenti
Professional Staff Coordinator: Adrian Reagan
Faculty Coordinator: William Sullivan
Specialist Coordinator: Laura Field

Council Delegates:
Brian Abrams
Joy Bradway
Kenneth Brook
Hugh Curnutt
Laura Field
Michael Heller
Denise O'Shea
Becky Pataki
Adrian Reagan
Asoina Richardson
Alex Sperling
William Sullivan
William Vincenti
Krystal Woolston
(President Rich Wolfson and Vice-President for External Affairs Jennifer Higgins serve as Council Delegates, Ex-Officio)

We are grateful for the diligent work of the AFT Local 1904 2018 Elections Committee: Grover Furr (Chair), Paul Martinez, and Darren Sweeper.

We congratulate the officers and delegates elected, both those newly elected and those continuing in office, and trust they will do their best in representing our members, locally at Montclair State University and with the State, in facing the challenges that lay ahead.

2018 Becker-Keenen-Moore-Uhia-Waller, Yovnello, and Nunn Scholarship Awards

AFT Local 1904 is very pleased to have awarded a total of six scholarships in 2018! Recipients were acknowledged at our Membership Meeting on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018, in University Hall. We thank the outstanding work of the 2018 AFT Local 1904 Scholarship Committee, consisting of Vice President for Internal Affairs Brian Abrams (Chair), Catherine Baird, Charity Dacey, Karen Mingo-Campbell, Carmen Reyes-Cuevas, and Lisa Williams.

Pictured above, standing between President Wolfson and Vice-President Abrams (from left to right, beginning in back) are scholarship recipients Dustin Grossmann (BKMUW), Gabriela Herrera (BKMUW), Ashley Ann Vitiello (BKMUW), Nataly Gonzalez (Yovnello), Luz Corado Polo (BKMUW), and Emily Schladebeck (BKMUW).

Recipients are all undergraduate students in various majors, in good academic standing, with strong scholastic aspirations, and who have demonstrated that they would substantively benefit from the support of the scholarship as a resource.

The BKMUW scholarship fund was established in 1997, in honor of Catherine A. Becker, James P. Keenen III, Joseph T. Moore, Anita E. Uhia, and Connie Waller, all former faculty and active union members who were deeply committed to the principles of collective bargaining and to helping our students who demonstrate a significant economic need. 

The Yovnello and Nunn awards were established shortly following the BKMUW.

Congratulations to all six recipients!