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  • Important Information About Your DC 37 Health & Security Plan Benefits During COVID-19

    Important Information About Your DC 37 Health & Security Plan Benefits During COVID-19

    March 23, 2020

    **IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ BELOW ** DC 37 Health & Security Plan Services Impacted by COVID-19 MELS (Municipal Employees Legal Services) During this time, MELS and its attorneys are continuing Read more

  • DC 37 Contact Numbers

    DC 37 Contact Numbers

    March 20, 2020

    IMPORTANT: DC 37 COVID-19 INFORMATION DC 37 contact numbers DC 37 Hotline 212.815.7555 DC 37 Safety and Health 212.815.1685 Health and Security Plan Inquiry Unit 212.815.1234 H&S TTY (Teletypewriter) 212.815.1266 Read more

  • NY Daily News: Not enough NYC municipal workers work from home, says union head

    NY Daily News: Not enough NYC municipal workers work from home, says union head

    March 20, 2020

    By MICHAEL GARTLAND City government is falling far short of the state’s edict that 75 percent of non-essential workers telecommute, prompting fears from union officials that scores of city workers are Read more

  • Facebook Live Event with DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido

    Facebook Live Event with DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido

    March 19, 2020

    Please join us by going to the union’s Facebook page for this important event with District Council 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido. Read more

  • DC 37 at 55 Water Street Closed On March 18

    DC 37 at 55 Water Street Closed On March 18

    March 17, 2020

    DC 37 at 55 Water Street, 22nd and 23rd floors, in Lower Manhattan will be closed Wednesday, March 18 for a deep cleaning. DC 37 members can still reach union Read more

  • Mayor de Blasio Postpones Queens Borough President Special Election

    Mayor de Blasio Postpones Queens Borough President Special Election

    March 16, 2020

    In an abundance of caution due to the coronavirus outbreak, Mayor Bill De Blasio has postponed the March 24 special election for Queens Borough President. Once the Mayor reschedules the Read more

  • A Humble Engineer Keeps NYC’s Ferries Afloat

    A Humble Engineer Keeps NYC’s Ferries Afloat

    March 16, 2020

    By PETE LEVINE With degrees in marine engineering, mechanical engineering and management, Local 375 of District Council 37 member Earl Baim might appear overqualified, at least on paper. However, Baim is a Read more

  • When it Began: Union Health Local Leaders Testify on Coronavirus, Health Care Funding

    When it Began: Union Health Local Leaders Testify on Coronavirus, Health Care Funding

    March 16, 2020

    By MIKE LEE While the coronavirus crisis continues to build, DC 37 leaders testified March 5 before a special joint hearing of the New York City Council’s Hospitals and Health Read more

  • Important Information About Your Prescription Drug Benefits UPDATED

    Important Information About Your Prescription Drug Benefits UPDATED

    March 13, 2020

    IMPORTANT IN FORMATION REGARDING YOUR OPTUMRx PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT! All Active and Non-Medicare Eligible Participants COVID-19 Response Policy Effective immediately, in consideration of the escalating COVID-19 situation and to ensure Read more

  • Win a $250 Gift Card with DC 37 Rewards, and Other Prizes!

    Win a $250 Gift Card with DC 37 Rewards, and Other Prizes!

    March 13, 2020

    For the next 30 days, DC 37 Rewards www.dc37Rewards.com is running a special promotion. Every time you refer another DC 37 member to join www.DC37Rewards.com and they join, you will Read more

  • Census 2020 Starts Today!

    Census 2020 Starts Today!

    March 12, 2020

    The day you have all been waiting for is here! Census 2020 starts today. We need you to get counted & fill out the form now! It’s only 10 short Read more

  • DEADLINE EXTENDED: DC 37 Scholarships Available: Must Apply by May 1!

    DEADLINE EXTENDED: DC 37 Scholarships Available: Must Apply by May 1!

    March 9, 2020

    “What does Labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more learning…” — Samuel Gompers, 1893 The DC 37 Education Committee is pleased to Read more

  • CBTU Honors Black Heritage

    CBTU Honors Black Heritage

    March 5, 2020

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The New York Chapter of CBTU, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and Go Party honored Black heritage with a gospel concert at DC 37 in Read more

  • Valiant Women of the Vote

    Valiant Women of the Vote

    March 4, 2020

    By CARMEN CHARLES, President of Local 420 and DC 37 Women’s Committee Chair March is Women’s History Month and our union acknowledges the great contributions women have made and are Read more

  • Union’s TV Show Tackles New York State Proposed Budget Woes

    Union’s TV Show Tackles New York State Proposed Budget Woes

    March 2, 2020

    By RUDY OROZCO With Albany lawmakers working feverishly to plug a projected $6 billion gap in the proposed New York State Fiscal 2021 budget before April 1, DC 37 Executive Read more

  • Paramedics Save Four at Deadly Deli

    Paramedics Save Four at Deadly Deli

    February 26, 2020

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Four deli workers sickened by lethal carbon monoxide gas are alive today after a heroic rescue by Fire Dept. Paramedics in Local 2507. Two Paramedics responded Read more

  • FREE Data Analytics Courses for NYC H+H Employees

    FREE Data Analytics Courses for NYC H+H Employees

    February 26, 2020

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS It’s time to level up. Learn data analytics for healthcare. NYC Health+Hospitals and DC 37 are offering NYC H+H employees FREE data analytics courses. Learn how Read more

  • Local 372: Vote, We Can Make a Difference

    Local 372: Vote, We Can Make a Difference

    February 24, 2020

    By RUDY OROZCO NYC Board of Education Local 372 and DC 37 President Shaun D. Francois I, was loud and clear with his message to over 200 activists and members, Read more

  • Coronavirus: DC 37 Workers on the Frontlines UPDATED

    Coronavirus: DC 37 Workers on the Frontlines UPDATED

    February 18, 2020

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As the novel coronavirus emerges to threaten a global health crisis, DC 37 is protecting the workers who protect the health of New Yorkers at public Read more

  • Members Pack Local 1549 Political Action Conference

    Members Pack Local 1549 Political Action Conference

    February 14, 2020

    By MIKE LEE More than 200 enthusiastic Clerical-Administrative Employees Local 1549 union members crowded DC 37 union headquarters to discuss critical issues in the current anti-labor era and the nation’s Read more

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