By ALFREDO ALVARADO Anyone convicted of assaulting the brave men and women who work as Emergency Medical Technicians or Paramedics will now be facing a stiff seven-year prison sentence. Most Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a move that flouts a community’s repeated demands to keep city Parks Enforcement Patrol Officers at Battery Park City, the authority ousted all PEP Read more
The DC 37 Organizing Dept. will host a series of work site meetings in February and March to inform members about union benefits and activities. The meetings also aim to Read more
Today, DC 37 begins its celebration of Black History Month with its traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony at union headquarters at 6 p.m. Throughout February, union locals will sponsor events, and the Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Delegates elected the union’s new secretary and 19 members of the DC 37 Executive Board on Jan. 26. The 20 leaders elected at the Jan. 26 Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO District Council 37 became the first labor union in the city to endorse Rafael Salamanca in his City Council race to represent the 17th Council District in Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As Jonas, the second most severe blizzard on record, buried the East Coast, hundreds of dedicated public employees dug deep for New York City to survive Read more
By DAN KAUFMAN SHORTLY after his exit from an abbreviated presidential run last fall, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin returned to a more successful undertaking: dismantling what remains of his Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS “All work has dignity and importance,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said. At the midpoint of the civil rights movement he cautioned, “We must guard Read more
The DC 37 Political Action Committee held its annual candle lighting ceremony commemorating the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 14 at union headquarters with guest Read more
By DIANE WILLIAMS The fears of Battery Park City residents and community leaders were confirmed Dec. 19 when two teenage residents were violently attacked and one was knocked unconscious. Witnesses Read more
DC 37 held a “Union and Proud” day of action that coincided with the Jan. 11 oral arguments in the anti-union Friedrichs v. California Teachers case before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., where a… Read more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 4 announced his plan to increase the minimum wage for state workers at the State University of New York to $15 an hour. City University of New York workers in New… Read more
DC 37 members all across New York City will be wearing buttons to “Say It Loud: We’re Union and Proud” on Monday, Jan. 11. This show of solidarity takes place on the day that billionaire CEOs… Read more
By MIKE LEE New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $15-an-hour minimum wage for 50,000 low-paid city workers, including 20,000 workers mostly represented by DC 37, before an Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES As traditional pensions disappear and millions of Americans worry about being unable to enjoy a comfortable retirement, the typical CEO has a nest egg of nearly Read more
By MIKE LEE As labor faces incessant assaults from right-wing politicians and their shadowy allies, the value of unionization for women workers, who stand at the front lines and have Read more
