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  • Celebrating Our Heritage

    Celebrating Our Heritage

    September 23, 2025

    With the doors open at 125 Barclay St., DC 37’s Committee celebrations have returned in full force with community, dance, storytelling, delicious cuisines, cultural performances, and calls to action. Jewish Read more

  • Awarding the Rising Generation

    Awarding the Rising Generation

    September 23, 2025

    The DC 37 Education Committee held its annual event honoring this year’s scholarship winners on June 27 at union headquarters. The 2025 winners are, from left: Saniyah McNealy (child of Read more

  • Pride In Labor: Loud, Proud & Unbreakable

    Pride In Labor: Loud, Proud & Unbreakable

    September 23, 2025

    DC 37 honored queer communities at the Pride Diversity Interest Group (PDIG) “Pride in Labor: Loud, Proud, and Unbreakable” Celebration on June 27. Andrew Douglas, who previously led SSEU Local Read more

  • Check Your Check

    Check Your Check

    September 22, 2025

    Story & Photo by MIKE LEE Depending on the City agency you work for, whether you are employed at a cultural institution, or are in the nonprofit human services sector, Read more

  • City Strikes Budget Deal

    City Strikes Budget Deal

    September 22, 2025

    Story by MIKE LEE New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Mayor Eric Adams agreed on a preliminary City budget, shaking hands at a ceremony at City Hall on Read more

  • Federal Budget, New Health Plan On The Agenda At Town Halls

    Federal Budget, New Health Plan On The Agenda At Town Halls

    September 22, 2025

    By MIKE LEE Union leaders and reps met with members across the five boroughs this summer to share information and answer questions about the targeting of public services by the Read more

  • City Workers Show Off Creative Sides

    City Workers Show Off Creative Sides

    September 22, 2025

    Story & Photos By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ More than 80 works of art by DC 37 members were highlighted this summer in the WorkWell NYC “Art if Life” exhibition in downtown Read more

  • Bargaining Committee Overcomes Negotiation Obstacles With Museum Of Jewish Heritage

    Bargaining Committee Overcomes Negotiation Obstacles With Museum Of Jewish Heritage

    September 22, 2025

    Story & Photo by ACACIA RODRIGUEZ Local 215 members at the Museum of Jewish Heritage are celebrating the ratification of a hard-won contract. The private sector members worked under an Read more

  • Providing Care With Paid Family Leave

    Providing Care With Paid Family Leave

    September 22, 2025

    By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ Paid Family Leave (PFL) is a New York State policy that grants up to 12 weeks of protected job leave, intermittently or consecutively, for workers to care Read more

  • Workwear: Get To Know The Uniforms And Gear Of Fellow DC 37 Members

    Workwear: Get To Know The Uniforms And Gear Of Fellow DC 37 Members

    September 22, 2025

    Story & Photos by ACACIA RODRIGUEZ Get to know the uniforms and gear of fellow DC 37 members. Local 461’s New York City Lifeguards keep aquatic enthusiasts safe while enjoying Read more

  • NYC Parks Apprenticeships Address Historically Hard-to-Recruit Titles

    NYC Parks Apprenticeships Address Historically Hard-to-Recruit Titles

    September 22, 2025

    Story & Photos by ACACIA RODRIGUEZ Beyond securing job protections and negotiating contracts, DC 37 invests in its members by building pathways to better careers with higher earning potential. That’s Read more

  • Union Gears Up For November Election Backs Mamdani For Mayor

    Union Gears Up For November Election Backs Mamdani For Mayor

    September 22, 2025

    Story By MIKE LEE, Photo By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ On a sunny Tuesday in July, DC 37 leaders and supporters joined Executive Director Henry Garrido in announcing the union’s endorsement of Read more

  • Unions, Activists Send Message To Wall Street

    Unions, Activists Send Message To Wall Street

    September 22, 2025

    … You Say ‘Power’ Story and Photos by MIKE LEE In what was among the largest protests in New York City since President Donald Trump’s Jan. 2025 inauguration, DC 37 Read more

  • Members Show What Democracy Looks Like At Annual Labor Day Parade

    Members Show What Democracy Looks Like At Annual Labor Day Parade

    September 22, 2025

    When I Say ‘Union’ … Story By MIKE LEE, Photos By MIKE LEE, ACACIA RODRIIGUEZ & THEA SETTERBO The weather was humid and the forecast threatened rain, but for the Read more

  • Unions, City Reach Tentative Health Care Agreement

    Unions, City Reach Tentative Health Care Agreement

    September 22, 2025

    Story By MIKE LEE For the first time in more than 40 years, health care for city workers and their families may soon change for the better. After a rigorous Read more

  • United We Hold the Line

    United We Hold the Line

    September 22, 2025

    Our union is no stranger to seemingly insurmountable challenges. Still, this year is more intense than ever with a presidential administration set on destroying our job security, rolling back safety Read more

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

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

    August 29, 2025

    MARCH WITH US AT THE CLC LABOR DAY PARADE Show New York City our Union Power! March with your fellow union members and their families to show solidarity in the Read more

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

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

    July 30, 2025

    SAVE THE DATE: CLC LABOR DAY PARADE Are you ready to show off your Union Pride? Mark your calendar to march with DC 37 in this year’s Central Labor Council Read more

  • State Legislative Session Wrap-up

    State Legislative Session Wrap-up

    July 24, 2025

    By the DC 37 Political Action and Legislation Department As the 2025 New York State Legislative Session comes to a close, District Council 37’s Political and Legislative Department reflects on Read more

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

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

    June 27, 2025

    MONTHLY NEWSLETTER DC 37 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE We did it. We hit the streets and made calls to fellow members and pounded the pavement during a historic heatwave to get Read more

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