District Council 37: Radio shows

Program Schedule

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW 1:30 PM WEDNESDAY TIME SLOT

To hear a show, click on the program title.

November 2008 Elections & NYC’s Wasteful Outside Contracts: (mp3 format*)
Join DC 37 Secretary Cliff Koppelman for a lively discussion on the important issues in this year’s elections and New York City’s wasteful outside contracts that costs taxpayers $9 billion a year, with

DC 37 Assistant Associate Director Henry Garrido and
DC 37 Political Action Department’s Oscar Alvarado

Wednesdays, October 1 and 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Sundays, October 5 and 12, 2008 at 8 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

DC 37 Fights for Healthcare Coverage and Monitoring for 9/11 Workers and Area Residents: (mp3 format*)
with DC 37 Health and Safety Director Lee Clarke, DC 37 Health and Safety Outreach Specialist Barbara Caporale,
and attorney Robert Grey from Grey & Grey.

Sundays, September 21 and 28 at 8 PM
Wednesday, September 24 at 1:30 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

Sewage Treatment Workers and Madagascar & Horse Exhibits: (mp3 format*)
Join DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, along with co-host DC 37 Secretary Cliff Koppelman, as they welcome Local 1320 NYC Sewage & Senior Treatment Workers President James Tucciarelli to discuss the difficult and dangerous work union members do to keep New York City’s sewage water clean.

Roberts also welcomes Local 1501 NY Zoological Society President Robert Herkommer and Local 1559 American Museum of Natural History President Peter Vreeland for a look at the fine work of union members responsible for two exciting cultural exhibits, “Madagascar” at the Bronx Zoo and “Horse” at the Museum of Natural History.

Sundays, September 7, 14 and 21 at 8 PM
Wednesdays, September 10, 17 and 24 at 1:30 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

CUNY Contract Settlement & School Parents Coordinators: (mp3 format*)
Details on a three year contract agreement between the City University of New York (CUNY) and various DC 37 locals representing 10,000 members with Colleen Carew-Rogers, President of Local 2054 New York City College Assistants, Lenore McShane, Vice President of Local 384 City University of New York & Educational Opportunity Centers and David Paskin, Senior Assistant Director, DC 37 Research and Negotiations Dept.

Local 372 School Parents Coordinators, Cynthia Margul and Cesar Vazquez, discuss issues confronting school parent coordinators at the Department of Education.

Wednesdays, Aug 6 and 13 at 1:30 PM
Sundays, Aug 10 and 17 at 8 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

College of New Rochelle's DC 37 campus: (mp3 format*)
Join DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts and DC 37 Secretary Cliff Koppelman as they welcome Dr. Stephen Greenfeld, Acting Director the College of New Rochelle (CNR) DC 37 campus and Theresa Williams-Greene, a 2008 graduate of CNR School of New Resources as they discuss the nation’s only college campus located at a union headquarters. Learn about the many degrees and programs offered to union members and the positive impact that a CNR education has had on their careers and their lives.

Sundays, June 22 and 29 at 8 PM and
Wednesdays, June 25 and July 2 at 1:30 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

CUNY Contract Settlement & School Parents Coordinators: (mp3 format*)
Details on a three year contract agreement between the City University of New York (CUNY) and various DC 37 locals representing 10,000 members with Colleen Carew-Rogers, President of Local 2054 New York City College Assistants, Lenore McShane, Vice President of Local 384 City University of New York & Educational Opportunity Centers and David Paskin, Senior Assistant Director, DC 37 Research and Negotiations Dept.

Local 372 School Parents Coordinators, Cynthia Margul and Cesar Vazquez, discuss issues confronting school parent coordinators at the Department of Education.

Wednesdays, June 4 and 11 at 1:30 PM
Sunday, June 8 at 8 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

Subprime Mortgage Crisis (mp3 format*)
District Council 37 Assistant Associate Director Henry Garrido and Municipal Employee Legal Services attorney Carla A. Latty discuss DC 37’s housing assistance programs for union members threatened with foreclosure on their homes and members trying to purchase their first home.

Wednesdays, April 23 and April 30 at 1:30 PM
Sunday, April 27 and May 4 at 8 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

CPC Organizing Drive (mp3 format*)
Organizing Dept. Director Edgar DeJesus and a CPC worker discuss the union’s efforts to organize parks workers at the Central Park Conservancy; Tax Preparing Program segment with Asst. Dir. Moira Dolan and German Tejera of Food Change; Women’s History conversation with DC 37’s Women Committee Chair Walthene Primus.

Sundays, March 30 and April 6 at 8 PM
Wednesday, April 2 at 1:30 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

Women's History Month Special (mp3 format*)
Eleanor Roosevelt
with author
Blanche Wiesen Cook

Wednesday, March 19 at 1:30 PM
Sunday, March, 23 at 8 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

School Kitchens Law: a Triumph for Local 372 and DC 37 (mp3 format*)
with
Veronica Montgomery-Costa, Pres. Local 372, NYC Board of Education Employees and President of DC 37
Wanda Williams, Director, DC 37 Political Action Department
Lee Clarke, Director, DC 37 Occupational Safety and Health Department

Wednesday, March 5 at 1:30 PM
Sunday, March 9 at 8 PM
Wednesday, March 12 at 1:30 PM
Sunday, March 16 at 8 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

OTB Generates More Revenue Than It Spends
But is Scheduled for Termination in June (mp3 format*)
with
Leonard Allen
President, Local 2021, Off-Track Betting Corporation Employees

Sundays, February 17 and 24 at 8 pm
Wednesdays, February 20 and 27 and 1:30 pm
WNYE, 91.5 FM

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“The Other America” (mp3 format*)
Excerpts from a speech delivered in Stanford University on April 4, 1967.
“The Other America” is a speech about the rich and poor in the U.S. – a speech about race and class oppression.

Sunday, February 10 at 8 pm
Wednesday, February 13 at 1:30 pm
WNYE, 91.5 FM

John Lewis - Georgia U.S. Representative & 60's Freedom Rider (mp3 format*)
author of "Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement"

Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 8 pm
Wednesdy, January 30, 2008 at 1:30 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM

New York Public Library Guild Local 1930 Votes (mp3 format*)
"No Confidence" in NYPL Management, and
Rallies Against Sales & Closings of Library Buildings
with
Local 1930 President Carol Thomas
Henry Sambach, Information Ass't Representative
Peter Levine, Staten Island Representative

Sundays, January 13 and 20 at 8 PM
Wednesdays, January 16 and 23 at 1:30 P
WNYE, 91.5 FM

The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Dawn of the 20th Century (mp3 format*)
A candid glimpse of the turmoil, oppression and injustice of the early 1900s
through the words of 22 working women and men
with
William Loren Katz and Laurie R. Lehman

Sundays, Dec 30 and Jan 6 at 8 PM
Wednesdays, Jan. 2 and 9 at 1:30 PM
WNYE, 91.5 FM