Year: 2016

  • DC 37 announces “Union Day” and lunchtime meetings at work sites

    DC 37 announces “Union Day” and lunchtime meetings at work sites

    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 encourage members to participate more in… Read more

  • DC 37 opens its celebration of Black History Month

    DC 37 opens its celebration of Black History Month

    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 month will culminate with a showing… Read more

  • Delegates elect the union’s leadership team

    Delegates elect the union’s leadership team

    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 Delegates Council monthly meeting are all… Read more

  • Union endorses Rafael Salamanca in City Council special election

    Union endorses Rafael Salamanca in City Council special election

    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 the Bronx. DC 37 Executive Director… Read more

  • Members dig deep for snowbound New York City

    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 the storm. The Nor’easter dumped a… Read more

  • DC 37 building closed Jan. 23 due to snowstorm

    DC 37 building closed Jan. 23 due to snowstorm

    Please be advised that DC 37 headquarters will be closed all day on Saturday, January 23, 2016, due to the impending snowstorm.  Read more

  • The Destruction of Progressive Wisconsin

    The Destruction of Progressive Wisconsin

    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 state’s century-old progressive legacy. Last month,… Read more

  • Dr. King and Labor

    Dr. King and Labor

    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 against being fooled by false slogans,… Read more

  • Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

    Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

    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 speaker Public Advocate Letitia James. “Dr.… Read more

  • Private Security Workers Mishandle Muggings at Battery Park

    Private Security Workers Mishandle Muggings at Battery Park

    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 said newly hired AlliedBarton security workers… Read more

  • DC 37 Protests Anti-Union Supreme Court Case

    DC 37 Protests Anti-Union Supreme Court Case

    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

  • Union Calls for Cuomo to support minimum $15 hourly pay for Workers at CUNY

    Union Calls for Cuomo to support minimum $15 hourly pay for Workers at CUNY

    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

  • Jan. 11 is “Union and Proud” Button Day

    Jan. 11 is “Union and Proud” Button Day

    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

  • New Law Protects EMS from Assaults

    New Law Protects EMS from Assaults

    Thanks to new legislation, a person who assaults an emergency services worker could face seven years in prison. Read more

  • A $15 Minimum Wage for City Workers

    A $15 Minimum Wage for City Workers

    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 enthusiastic crowd of members, activists, City… Read more