URA Joins AFT State Federation Convention

Millerand Elected to Secretary Position

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Lucye Millerand (Secretary), Donna Chiera (Executive VP Pre K-12), Joe Amabile (Treasurer), Bill Lipkin (President), Dierdre Paul (Executive VP Higher Ed)

AFT New Jersey State Federation consists of a higher education division including full-time and part-time faculty and staff at state ten state colleges and universities and six community colleges and a prekindergarten through 12 division representing teachers and support personnel in schools throughout the state.

“We are proud to represent diverse groups of educators and welcome newly organized workers ranging from post doctoral associates and fellows at Rutgers to high school teachers at private Monsignor Donovan High School in Toms River,” said Lipkin. “These are groups that decided to unionize to improve professional standards and conditions in their schools for everyone.”

The AFT State Federation's 66th Convention marked a first for URA and Rutgers as faculty and staff joined the voting and process of amending the constitution to fit the new structure. The URA, Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Council of New Jersey State College Locals all joined the Federation this year. For more about who is AFT in New Jersey, see http://www.ura-aft.org/node/51.

Press release: AFT New Jersey State Federation Convention Highlights Growth
State Federation Now Represents More than 28,000 Education Workers from pre‐K Through Ph.D.