Year: 2020

  • Upcoming October DC 37 Events

    Upcoming October DC 37 Events

    POLITICAL ACTION VOTER INFO: Election Day is Nov. 3. Out of an abundance of caution during this COVID-19 pandemic, DC 37 urges you to vote by mail-in ballot. A full list of union-endorsed candidates is in… Read more

  • Crossing Guard Saves Queens Man

    Crossing Guard Saves Queens Man

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS A Local 372 School Crossing Guard helped a man who passed out while crossing a busy intersection near P.S. 195 in Rosedale, Queens on Oct. 7. “It was my first day at… Read more

  • You Can Help Get Out the Vote October 8

    You Can Help Get Out the Vote October 8

    Sisters & Brothers,  With just 27 days to Election Day, there’s no better time than now to stand up and make a difference. We are less than a month away from the most critical moment in… Read more

  • Facts About Voting by Mail in the 2020 General Election

    Facts About Voting by Mail in the 2020 General Election

    In response to the COVID pandemic, New York passed legislation to allow any eligible voter to vote by absentee, or “by mail.” For your request for an absentee ballot to be accepted, you must check the… Read more

  • MELS Holds  Housing Rights Webinar

    MELS Holds Housing Rights Webinar

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS DC 37’s Municipal Employees Legal Services held a Renters’ and Tenants’ Housing Rights webinar on Zoom with housing experts and union lawyers on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Hundreds of union members joined the… Read more

  • We Say No Layoffs!

    We Say No Layoffs!

    The COVID-19 pandemic, a sudden public health crisis that has gripped our country since March, came as a shock and has taken an emotional and financial toll unprecedented in the history of New York City.  Immediately,… Read more

  • Census Town Hall Update

    Census Town Hall Update

    DC 37 members and retirees are invited to a Census Town Hall with Community Voices Heard and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer tonight at 6 p.m. on Zoom. You must use the updated LINK: https://forms.gle/o2Pb9GRYtNM7Qcdc6 The… Read more

  • MELS Housing Seminar on Tuesday, September 29 5:30 – 7 P.M.

    MELS Housing Seminar on Tuesday, September 29 5:30 – 7 P.M.

    DC 37’s Municipal Employees Legal Services invites you to participate in a ZOOM webinar on Renters’ Housing Rights on Tuesday, September 29, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Join us for an update on tenant rights, the eviction moratorium, the… Read more

  • Can You Help Phone Bank Pennsylvania for Biden/Harris 2020?

    Can You Help Phone Bank Pennsylvania for Biden/Harris 2020?

    Sisters and Brothers, We are Just 40 days away from Election Day. Last week we kicked off our virtual phone banks to call AFSCME members in Pennsylvania in support of Biden/Harris 2020. Pennsylvania will go a… Read more

  • MELS Can Help With New Eviction Protections

    MELS Can Help With New Eviction Protections

    By BILL WHALEN, Director and Chief Counsel, DC 37 Municipal Employees Legal Services DC 37’s Municipal Employees Legal Services is here to help members with their housing issues. If you have received a legal notice, are in… Read more

  • Get Out the Vote, Climate Summit, Housing and Other Events

    Get Out the Vote, Climate Summit, Housing and Other Events

    POLITICAL ACTION HELP GOTV IN PA To support Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris in the November general elections, DC 37 will be running a weekly phonebank beginning TOMORROW September 16 and every WEDNESDAY… Read more

  • You Can Help DC 37 Stop the Proposed Layoffs

    You Can Help DC 37 Stop the Proposed Layoffs

    Sisters and Brothers, Over the weekend DC 37 launched a campaign to highlight the invaluable services our members provide and demand the state Legislature take action to stop the proposed layoffs of 22,000 city workers. Please… Read more

  • Sept. 11 Remembrance

    Sept. 11 Remembrance

    On the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we remember and honor the sacrifice of four DC 37 members who died on that terrible day: Rev. Mychal F. Judge, FDNY Chaplain, Local 299; Carlos Lillo, Paramedic,… Read more

  • Fall 2020 DC 37 Education Fund Free Training and Benefits

    Fall 2020 DC 37 Education Fund Free Training and Benefits

    The DC 37 Education Fund is offering classes online Fall 2020: DC 37 Education Fund is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2020 cycle online classes. The Ed Fund offers classes on labor, business, the Lillian… Read more

  • Fall 2020 DC 37 Education Fund Free Training and Benefits

    The DC 37 Education Fund is offering classes online Fall 2020: DC 37 Education Fund is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2020 cycle online classes. The Ed Fund offers classes on labor, business, the Lillian… Read more

  • Join DC 37 on Facebook Live, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m.

    Join DC 37 on Facebook Live, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m.

    Join DC 37 Executive Director Director Henry Garrido on Facebook LIVE Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 6PM as he gives up-to-the-minute information on the Mayor’s proposed layoffs of 22,000 city workers, and what DC 37 is doing… Read more

  • Stronger Together: A Labor Day Message from Henry Garrido

    Stronger Together: A Labor Day Message from Henry Garrido

    Today we gather to celebrate a bittersweet holiday in honoring our House of Labor. During this pandemic, many of our sisters and brothers have sacrificed and given so much as frontline workers while others were cast… Read more

  • Unions Win Delay in DOE Schools Opening to Sept. 21

    Unions Win Delay in DOE Schools Opening to Sept. 21

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS On the frontlines protecting members safety and health during the COVID-19 pandemic is DC 37 and Local 372 President Shaun D. Francois I, who on Sept. 2, did a public school walk-through… Read more

  • Important DC 37 September Events

    Important DC 37 September Events

    Join Local 983, DC 37, SSEU Local 371, other Unions and elected officials at the RALLY for JOBS and VITAL CITY SERVICES    WHEN: Thursday Sept. 3, 10 AM WHERE: Foley Square, Lower Manhattan Tell the… Read more

  • Local 1455 Paints BLM Murals 

    Local 1455 Paints BLM Murals 

    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS  Crews of Traffic Device Maintainers in Local 1455 laid the groundwork for five official murals spelling out Black Lives Matter on major boulevards and roadways around New York City. Local 1455 members employed… Read more