Sign the petition! Call on Mayor de Blaiso to ensure a free healthy lunch for all NYC schoolchildren! By ALFREDO ALVARADO What do schools in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit and Dallas offer their Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The union’s Blue Collar Division and the Organizing Dept. will be in Kingston, N.Y., on Dec. 13 to bring the DC37/AFSCME Strong campaign to Dept. of Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Governor Cuomo, sign the Safety-Net Hospital bill! At a noon press conference at Harlem Hospital on Nov. 15, a coalition of community leaders, working men and Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES The union has dedicated one of its research libraries to Evelyn Seinfeld, the deceased director of the DC 37 Research and Negotiations Dept., who passed Read more
By MIKE LEE The DC 37 Education Fund has signed an agreement with The City College of New York for the school to offer basic computer courses to DC 37 Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Lee Saunders, president of the 1.6 million member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has vowed to hold Donald J. Trump’s feet to the fire Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Days before an international crowd gathers to run the race, Dept. of Transportation night crews hit the road to mark the course that guides runners safely through Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO On Election Day, volunteers packed the phone bank room at District Council 37 headquarters where they made calls to members reminding them to get to the polls Read more
By MIKE LEE SSEU Local 371 is pushing back on the scapegoating of Child Protective Services workers surrounding the tragic case of a 6-year-old boy whose death at home was Read more
By HENRY GARRIDO Our union is part of a movement that has stood steadfast in many crises and been through long, daunting struggles. Together, we have won major victories and Read more
Local 372 School Crossing Guards attended the memorial service for Hempstead, Long Island, School Crossing Guard Virginia Leviner, who died on the job on Oct. 28 after being hit by Read more
DC 37 carries out an extensive screening process to choose candidates who the union believes will represent the best interests of rank-and-file members and retirees. A screening committee interviews candidates and Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES District Council 37 leaders have launched an ambitious, multi-year plan to fortify the union by organizing thousands of new members, expanding services, developing a larger presence Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO The financial crisis at NYC Health + Hospitals, reducing the number of provisional employees and educating members about the proposed constitutional convention vote, which will be on Read more
Over time, replacing Justic Antonin Scalia with a justice that is less of a right-wing ideologue has the potential to reshape many areas of American law — and, in particular, Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The Parks Dept. honored 15 City Parks Workers and City Seasonal Aides in Local 1505 as employees of the month last August. “These members took Crotona Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO National polls are showing Hillary Clinton pulling away in her race for the White House by as many as a dozen points. But the former secretary of Read more
Don’t like your health care plan? The time to switch your coverage is underway. For city employees, the fall transfer period of the city’s Health Benefits Program runs from Oct. Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Sept. 15 marked the 39th anniversary of the Municipal Employees Legal Services, one of District Council 37’s most successful programs. Established in 1977, MELS is one of Read more
By MIKE LEE During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Dalilah Muhammad, a long-time resident of Rochdale, Queens, became the first American woman to win the 400-meter hurdles Read more
