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  • We Will Fight! Iowa Labor Leader Talks About the Attack on Public Workers

    We Will Fight! Iowa Labor Leader Talks About the Attack on Public Workers

    May 9, 2017

    By MIKE LEE “You are the backbone of this union. You gotta get off your ass,” said Iowa District Council 61’s President Danny Homan, in a blunt warning to activists Read more

  • When  ICE  Comes Knocking

    When ICE Comes Knocking

    May 9, 2017

    Local 983’s Jose Molina turned his life around, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may deport the family man for a 20-year-old conviction. By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Loud pounding at Read more

  • “You have to help and you have to heal. You have to  give kind words to help people through the day.”

    “You have to help and you have to heal. You have to give kind words to help people through the day.”

    May 7, 2017

    Clerical Associate 3 Olivia Crum-Owens, Local 1549 Photo: Clarence Elie-Rivera I wanted to be like Nurse Hardy on the TV show General Hospital, so I enrolled in SEEK, a jobs Read more

  • “Being in a labor union means protecting an important American institution and the middle class.”

    “Being in a labor union means protecting an important American institution and the middle class.”

    May 6, 2017

    Sr. Landscape Architect Ricardo Hinckle, Local 375 As a Senior Landscape Architect, I supervise a staff of seven others, making sure that their projects are completed properly, safely and on Read more

  • Unions Mobilize on May Day Against Crackdown on Immigrant and Worker Rights

    Unions Mobilize on May Day Against Crackdown on Immigrant and Worker Rights

    May 2, 2017

    By GREGORY N. HEIRES Calling for the protection of immigrant and worker rights, DC 37 activists joined protesters in a march on May Day Demonstrators gathered for an evening rally Read more

  • Union Outlines Priorities at Annual Meeting with City Council Members

    Union Outlines Priorities at Annual Meeting with City Council Members

    May 2, 2017

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO Dozens of City Council members were at DC 37 headquarters last week to meet with leaders and activists about the union’s budget and legislative priorities. DC 37 Read more

  • Union Mourns Louis G. Albano, Longtime Local President

    Union Mourns Louis G. Albano, Longtime Local President

    May 1, 2017

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO Louis G. Albano, who started his civil service career as a Junior Electrical Engineer and rose through the ranks to become the president of Civil Service Technical Read more

  • “I plan to encourage my grandchildren to become union members. That means fighting now to make sure the labor movement is still alive.”

    “I plan to encourage my grandchildren to become union members. That means fighting now to make sure the labor movement is still alive.”

    May 1, 2017

    Pam Sage, Clerical Associate 3, Local 1549 If you ever have the opportunity to take on new experiences that you can learn from and help people through, take it. That Read more

  • “We try to put together an action plan for the family”

    “We try to put together an action plan for the family”

    April 30, 2017

    La’Nette Murphy, Parent Coordinator, Local 372 PS 15 is in the Lower East Side in District 1. I’ve been working there for 14 years as a Parent Coordinator. We have Read more

  • Gender roles are changing, and it’s time for  people to understand that’s a good thing.

    Gender roles are changing, and it’s time for people to understand that’s a good thing.

    April 29, 2017

    Yasmine, Garcia, Traffic Device Maintainer, Local 1455 A lot of women should know they can move into nontraditional jobs. I came into the Dept. of Transportation 12 years ago as Read more

  • Unions Gather to Pay Tribute to Workers Killed on the Job

    Unions Gather to Pay Tribute to Workers Killed on the Job

    April 28, 2017

    By GREGORY N. HEIRES City unions and workplace safety advocates paid tribute to workers who died on the job during a ceremony outside DC 37 headquarters on April 28. The Read more

  • Taxes and Inequality

    Taxes and Inequality

    April 25, 2017

    By HENRY GARRIDO Thousands of demonstrators across the United States on April 15 — Tax Day — called for President Donald Trump to release his taxes. The protest was a Read more

  • Member Gets Promotion and Pay Increase in Out-of-Title Grievance

    Member Gets Promotion and Pay Increase in Out-of-Title Grievance

    April 22, 2017

    By GREGORY N. HEIRES A Local 1407 member won a promotion and an 8 percent raise after the settlement of an out-of-title grievance. Ahsan Masood joined the city workforce in Read more

  • DC 37 and Community Allies Fight Trump’s Public Housing Budget Cuts

    DC 37 and Community Allies Fight Trump’s Public Housing Budget Cuts

    April 22, 2017

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO If the Trump administration has its way and slashes $6 billion from the budget of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, members like Mary Baez Read more

  • Public Housing Advocates to Protest Trump Budget Cuts on April 20

    Public Housing Advocates to Protest Trump Budget Cuts on April 20

    April 18, 2017

    Council member Ritchie Torres denounced Donald J. Trump’s budget cuts to the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, which would devastate the New York City Housing Authority. Torres was joined by Read more

  • New York is the Most Unionized State, By Far

    New York is the Most Unionized State, By Far

    April 17, 2017

    By JOSEPH SPECTOR New York’s union ranks dropped by nearly 5 percent between 2015 and 2016, but the state remained the nation’s leader in unionized workers. The drop of about Read more

  • NYC Health+Hospitals Honors 36 Social Workers

    NYC Health+Hospitals Honors 36 Social Workers

    April 14, 2017

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS NYC Health + Hospitals honored 36 dedicated Social Workers at its first Social Worker Recognition ceremony held at Gouvernuer’s Hospital in March, Social Workers Month. “You Read more

  • Join the Climate Change March in Washington on April 29

    Join the Climate Change March in Washington on April 29

    April 13, 2017

    By ALFREDO ALVARADO President Donald Trump wasted no time trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and prevent Muslims from entering the country. Those plans stalled when they came up Read more

  • Union and City Raise Public Awareness about Safety in Highway Work Zones

    Union and City Raise Public Awareness about Safety in Highway Work Zones

    April 12, 2017

    By DIANE WILLIAMS The union is working with the Dept. of Transportation to encourage motorists to be more cautious as they drive in highway work zones, where four workers have Read more

  • Turn Up the HEAT to Save Public Health Care

    Turn Up the HEAT to Save Public Health Care

    April 11, 2017

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The DC 37 Healthcare Education Activist Team (HEAT) urges NYC Health+ Hospitals workers, public health advocates and community residents to attend and speak out at the Read more

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