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  • A No-Giveback Contract UPDATE: Ballots go out on Tuesday, July 24. (see below)

    A No-Giveback Contract UPDATE: Ballots go out on Tuesday, July 24. (see below)

    June 29, 2018

    By GREGORY N. HEIRES IMPORTANT: Mail ballots will be sent out to all covered union members on Tuesday, July 25. Ballots must be received by AAA on August 14. If Read more

  • DC 37 and city reach tentative contract agreement

    DC 37 and city reach tentative contract agreement

    June 28, 2018

    The union reached a tentative agreement with the City of New York on a new, 44-month wage pact that provides a total of 7.42 percent in pay hikes; back pay; Read more

  • Statement by DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido on the Janus v. AFSCME Decision

    Statement by DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido on the Janus v. AFSCME Decision

    June 27, 2018

    Today’s 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision smashes precedent and overturns the Court’s unanimous 1977 decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which upheld the maintaining of a union shop in Read more

  • Statin coverage now compliant with Obamacare

    June 22, 2018

    By GREGORY N. HEIRES Low-dose generic statins will be provided for free by members’ health-care plans instead of the DC 37 prescription drug benefit. This change meets a requirement of Read more

  • Local Presidents Administer Exam for Parks Dept.’s Arborist Jobs

    Local Presidents Administer Exam for Parks Dept.’s Arborist Jobs

    June 20, 2018

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The Dept. of Parks and Recreation tested 10 applicants hoping to join the agency’s “delta force” of expert arborists who maintain and remove damaged and dead Read more

  • Rookie of the Year Helps Find Where the Wild Things Are

    Rookie of the Year Helps Find Where the Wild Things Are

    June 19, 2018

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS For New Yorkers who want to roam the wild, public parks are urban forests teeming with over 600 species of wildlife. Tracking the migratory and breeding Read more

  • Burning Down the House

    Burning Down the House

    June 18, 2018

    By JEREMY JOHN On April 25, Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration, pulled the curtain back to what typifies the worst aspects of the Read more

  • City Honors Fallen EMT Heroine Yadira Arroyo

    City Honors Fallen EMT Heroine Yadira Arroyo

    June 18, 2018

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO Members of the FDNY stood in honor of their fallen comrade EMT Yadira Arroyo at the street renaming ceremony in her honor on June 15, in the Read more

  • Tramp’s Tax Scam

    June 16, 2018

    So far, what critics said about the Trump tax plan is proving to be true: It’s a scam. After its unveiling last year, opponents last described the proposal as a Read more

  • Mayor and City Council Adopt 2019 Budget

    Mayor and City Council Adopt 2019 Budget

    June 15, 2018

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO The union scored several major victories in this years’ city budget process, including getting $16 million for public library operating expenses and $60 million in capital funding Read more

  • DC 37’s Disability Advisory Committee Moves Forward With New Leader

    DC 37’s Disability Advisory Committee Moves Forward With New Leader

    June 14, 2018

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO The new chair of the DC 37 Health/Disability Advisory Committee, Local 372 President Shaun D. Francois I, welcomed members to their April 3 meeting at the union. Read more

  • It’s Time for a Contract Now

    It’s Time for a Contract Now

    June 12, 2018

    By HENRY GARRIDO We are pressing the city to work with us to wrap up negotiations for a new economic agreement that will affect 90,000 DC 37 members. There is Read more

  • Caribbean Heritage Celebration Highlights Politics and Citizenship

    Caribbean Heritage Celebration Highlights Politics and Citizenship

    June 9, 2018

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The contributions and heritage of Caribbean expats were celebrated June 5 at the union’s annual Caribbean Heritage ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event was co-sponsored by Locals 420 Read more

  • Town Hall Meetings: Creating a More Dynamic Union

    Town Hall Meetings: Creating a More Dynamic Union

    June 8, 2018

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO There was standing room only as more than 300 DC 37 members jammed the conference room at the offices of the Human Resources Administration in Brooklyn. They Read more

  • Health Dept. Restores Leave for Social Workers

    Health Dept. Restores Leave for Social Workers

    June 6, 2018

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The union settled a group grievance for nine Local 768 members that restores their annual leave after the city forced them to use accrued time for Read more

  • EMS Wins Important Decision

    June 1, 2018

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 and Uniformed EMS Officers Local 3621 won an improper practice decision they filed with the Office of Collective Bargaining. The union, represented by Associate General Read more

  • DC 37 Endorses Letitia James and Tom DiNapoli for the 2018 Statewide Elections

    DC 37 Endorses Letitia James and Tom DiNapoli for the 2018 Statewide Elections

    May 31, 2018

    District Council 37, the city’s largest municipal employee union, has endorsed New York City Public Advocate Letitia James for State Attorney General and New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for Read more

  • DC 37 Carries Out Town Hall Meetings on the Value of Unions

    DC 37 Carries Out Town Hall Meetings on the Value of Unions

    May 29, 2018

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO There was standing room only as more than 300 union members jammed the conference room at the offices of the Human Resources Administration in Brooklyn for a Read more

  • A $1.50 Pay Raise

    May 28, 2018

    So far, what critics said about the Trump tax plan is proving to be true: It’s a scam. After its unveiling last year, opponents last described the proposal as a Read more

  • Stand with Spectrum Workers

    May 26, 2018

    This has gone on too long. This disgrace should be confronted and settled. What are we talking about? We are talking about the hardworking women and men at the cable Read more

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