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District Council 37 is sponsoring a 2024 Lobby Day in Albany on Tuesday, March 12. You can help advance DC 37’s political and legislative agenda this year by attending and showing your support for workers and… Read more

DC 37 has partnered with the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s #1 hospital for orthopedics, to offer members and their families guided access to care. Through HSS Care Concierge, the HSS team will help… Read more

DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in FEBRUARY 2024: The DC 37 Black History Committee invites you to celebrate Black History Month during the following in-person and virtual events. Read more

DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in JANUARY 2024: From all of us at DC 37, we wish you a happy holiday season and a safe, healthy New Year. Thank you for reading, and see… Read more

I want to wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday and a joyous new year. We have much to celebrate and reflect on with the major contract wins we secured this year with… Read more

By MIKE LEE When a DC 37 member faces injustice, whether it be working out-of-title, unfair treatment by management in the workplace, disciplinary action, or a termination, the union provides full representation through the grievance filing… Read more

Eligible Members Unlock Union Benefits by Submitting their Health& Security Enrollment Form By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ Being a part of DC 37 is more than just membership in one of New York City’s largest unions that negotiates… Read more

By MIKE LEE The union’s Field Operations team is busy executing worksite visits at the city’s agencies, cultural institutions, and non-profit and private sector facilities to sign up non-members and encourage them to enroll for their… Read more

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By MIKE LEE Imagine sending a simple request for additional family leave to be with your newborn child and two other children and receiving a response coldly informing you that your position is terminated. Shari Levy,… Read more

By MIKE LEE After nearly two years of negotiations, partially due to the third wave of COVID-19 in late 2021, Queens Library Guild Local 1321 and the Queens Public Library agreed to a contract that members… Read more

By MIKE LEE Cutting budgets has unforeseen and emotionally damaging consequences, as was the case for several Local 983 Motor Vehicle Operators (MVOs) and Traffic Enforcement Agents Level IIIs (TEA IIIs) working at the New York… Read more

By JUSTINA RAMLAKHAN In a testament to the strength of collective bargaining, Local 1503 and District Council 37 successfully pursued four grievances under the bargaining agreement between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Union. The… Read more

By MIKE LEE As part of the ongoing effort to expand the union’s power base, District Council 37 hired long-time union leader and activist Fareed Michelen in September to head the union’s Organizing Department.Michelen brings more… Read more

Story and Photos by MIKE LEE It happened in seconds Krystyna Naprawa, a veteran Local 372 School Crossing Guard, was struck and killed by a privately operated dump truck on Friday, Oct. 20. She died in… Read more

By MIKE LEE and JULIAN DEJESUS In the summer of 2020, workers at homelessness support organization Breaking Ground began their campaign to join District Council 37. They filed for recognition on Aug. 27, 2021, and Breaking… Read more

Story and Photos by MIKE LEE DC 37 members and activists joined union leaders to celebrate the history and heritage of Italian-Americans and rejoice in being together in the first Italian Heritage Committee-sponsored public event since… Read more

By MIKE LEE Hard-fought campaigns, a significant victory for a Brooklyn City Council member, and an upset in the Bronx were the key storylines of the New York City General Elections on Nov. 7. In the… Read more

DC 37 Family, This morning, we filed a lawsuit against the City of New York to prevent the elimination of nearly 3,000 Job Training Participants (JTPs) in the Parks and Sanitation departments, and to preserve other city jobs… Read more

DC 37 NEWS, EVENTS and SERVICES YOU CAN USE in DECEMBER 2023 Are you thinking of buying your first home but don’t know where to begin? The DC 37 Municipal Employees Housing Program is pleased to announce the… Read more