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  • The People United: Building a Union-Community Movement

    The People United: Building a Union-Community Movement

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE Are you interested in working with other union members to make a difference in your community? The newly relaunched DC 37 Community Alliance is an opportunity get Read more

  • Local 1503 Resolves Overtime “Supper Money” Grievance at the Met

    Local 1503 Resolves Overtime “Supper Money” Grievance at the Met

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE In certain situations, all it takes is the power of members and their Local leader to resolve a problem with management before it escalates. A member at Read more

  • Battery Park City Workers Win First Contract

    Battery Park City Workers Win First Contract

    June 20, 2023

    After 24 sessions beginning in November of 2021, Battery Park City Authority members won their first-ever contract in May by 86%. The agreement includes 3% pay increases from 2022 through Read more

  • City Budget Update: Jobs, Funding on the Line

    City Budget Update: Jobs, Funding on the Line

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE As the City moves closer to finalizing a budget, several critical areas of New York City’s public services remain at risk of significant cuts in funding. At Read more

  • State Passes Budget, Raises Minimum Wage for Working New Yorkers

    State Passes Budget, Raises Minimum Wage for Working New Yorkers

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE In a sharp break from typical timelines, the New York State Legislature passed a $229 billion Fiscal Year 2023-2024 State budget in the late hours of May Read more

  • U.S. Department of Labor Lauds DC 37 Green Jobs Initiative

    U.S. Department of Labor Lauds DC 37 Green Jobs Initiative

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported on the DC 37 Green Jobs Training Initiative in late April, citing the union’s efforts to “support environmental literacy for Read more

  • Maintaining Wellness at Work and Home

    Maintaining Wellness at Work and Home

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE Members of the six locals in the DC 37 Non-Profit Public Sector Division participated in a March 23 webinar titled Wellness, Healthy Coping, and Resilience during Challenging Read more

  • Union, City Launch Pilot Program for Hybrid Work

    Union, City Launch Pilot Program for Hybrid Work

    June 20, 2023

    As an integral part of the newly ratified 2021-2026 Citywide Economic Agreement, the Flexible Work Committee issued its first recommendations for a hybrid pilot program on June 1. Key points Read more

  • Health Care Worker Bonus Program Update

    Health Care Worker Bonus Program Update

    June 20, 2023

    By The DC 37 Research and Negotiations Department In 2022, New York State began processing payment of the Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus covering the first two vesting Read more

  • Contract Ratified: Members Overwhelmingly Back Citywide Contract in Historic Vote

    Contract Ratified: Members Overwhelmingly Back Citywide Contract in Historic Vote

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE In a landslide vote of 97.7%, District Council 37 members ratified the 2021-2026 citywide economic agreement with the City of New York. This 65-month-and-12-day financial agreement provides Read more

  • PSU Supports Members with Occupational Stress

    PSU Supports Members with Occupational Stress

    June 20, 2023

    As the City and the union move forward in developing a remote work pilot agreed upon in the recently ratified collective bargaining agreement, the Personal Service Unit of the DC Read more

  • Jane LaTour: Warrior for Work Equality

    Jane LaTour: Warrior for Work Equality

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE Jane LaTour, retired Public Employee Press Associate Editor, long-time union activist, and author of the seminal work Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in Read more

  • Hiring Halls: Rebuilding the City with a New Generation of Public Workers

    Hiring Halls: Rebuilding the City with a New Generation of Public Workers

    June 20, 2023

    By MIKE LEE Workers, the City needs you! To fill a significant gap in vacant job positions across City agencies, District Council 37 partnered with the Department of Citywide Administrative Read more

  • MELS Helps Member Take First Steps to Citizenship

    MELS Helps Member Take First Steps to Citizenship

    June 15, 2023

    By MIKE LEE Brayhan Martinez, a Timekeeper at the Department of Correction and a Local 1549 member, is a go-getter. Born in San Lorenzo de Los Mina in the Dominican Read more

  • City Council Votes YES for Healthcare Accountability!

    City Council Votes YES for Healthcare Accountability!

    June 8, 2023

    Today, the New York City Council unanimously passed the Healthcare Accountability and Consumer Protection Act. This is a massive victory for District Council 37 and our partners in the Coalition Read more

  • Flexible Work Pilot Program Update for City Workers

    Flexible Work Pilot Program Update for City Workers

    June 1, 2023

    DC 37 Family, I’m pleased to share with you that the Flexible Work Committee has issued its first recommendations for a remote-hybrid pilot program as agreed to by the Union Read more

  • DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in JUNE

    DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in JUNE

    May 30, 2023

    DC 37 POLITICAL ACTION GET OUT THE VOTE! Join our Political Action Volunteer Member Organizer (VMO) team to help us get candidates elected who will fight to protect jobs and Read more

  • DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in MAY

    DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in MAY

    May 8, 2023

    DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in MAY ECONOMIC CONTRACT PAY DATES Now that the citywide economic contract is ratified, dates for pay increases and bonuses for Read more

  • Film Documents Public Workers’ Role in WTC Cleanup

    Film Documents Public Workers’ Role in WTC Cleanup

    May 2, 2023

    By MIKE LEE When terrorists struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, New York City — and the world — irrevocably Read more

  • The Votes Are In: Contract Ratified!

    The Votes Are In: Contract Ratified!

    April 3, 2023

    DC 37 Family, I’m pleased to announce the citywide economic agreement was approved by 97.7% of the 45,936 members who cast ballots during the ratification process. Thank you for your Read more

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