On June 19 and August 12, Local 1400 hosted the first meetings of the New Jersey State Conference in Edgewater, New Jersey. The meetings are the next in a series of State Conferences being organized and spread throughout the country by the COPE Field Program. Legislative and Political Field Representative Alex Garcia, Field Service Assistant Terry Daniels and TWU Int’l Transit Director Susan Resch helped to get the program started in New Jersey. 


“I am extremely pleased with our turnout and progress of this first New Jersey meeting,” said Daniels. 


Garcia said he has seen a very positive response from attendees and a strong desire to move forward. He hopes for the New Jersey State Conference to see the same success as the Florida State Conference which held its first meeting about a year ago. 


On August 6 the Florida State Conference hosted Fl. State Senator and Congressional Candidate Charlie Justice. Justice contacted Todd Woodward, President of Local 561, after the Conference’s first lobby and introduction day in April in Tallahassee. The event was hosted by Mike Cernosek, who is Local 555’s District One Representative and Legislative Coordinator for the Southwest Airlines local.