By MIKE LEE On June 8, the New York City Council voted to approve the Healthcare Accountability & Consumer Protection Act. The law establishes the Office of Healthcare Accountability (OHA), which has the authority to oversee… Read more
By MIKE LEE Since early March, as reported in the previous issue of PEPtalk, DC 37 staff and leadership have led nearly 200 in-person worksite lunchtime meetings, engaging DC 37 members on matters involving the then-tentative… Read more
By MIKE LEE Are you interested in working with other union members to make a difference in your community? The newly relaunched DC 37 Community Alliance is an opportunity get involved in pushing the issues that… Read more
By MIKE LEE In certain situations, all it takes is the power of members and their Local leader to resolve a problem with management before it escalates. A member at the Metropolitan Museum of Art discovered… Read more
After 24 sessions beginning in November of 2021, Battery Park City Authority members won their first-ever contract in May by 86%. The agreement includes 3% pay increases from 2022 through 2025 and longevity bonuses after five… Read more
By MIKE LEE As the City moves closer to finalizing a budget, several critical areas of New York City’s public services remain at risk of significant cuts in funding. At a May 24 hearing of the… Read more
By MIKE LEE In a sharp break from typical timelines, the New York State Legislature passed a $229 billion Fiscal Year 2023-2024 State budget in the late hours of May 3, more than a month after… Read more
By MIKE LEE The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported on the DC 37 Green Jobs Training Initiative in late April, citing the union’s efforts to “support environmental literacy for public workers,” and discussing DC 37’s… Read more
By MIKE LEE Members of the six locals in the DC 37 Non-Profit Public Sector Division participated in a March 23 webinar titled Wellness, Healthy Coping, and Resilience during Challenging Times, the first of four mental… Read more
As an integral part of the newly ratified 2021-2026 Citywide Economic Agreement, the Flexible Work Committee issued its first recommendations for a hybrid pilot program on June 1. Key points of the Remote Work Pilot Program… Read more
By The DC 37 Research and Negotiations Department In 2022, New York State began processing payment of the Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus covering the first two vesting periods, from Oct. 1, 2021 to… Read more
By MIKE LEE In a landslide vote of 97.7%, District Council 37 members ratified the 2021-2026 citywide economic agreement with the City of New York. This 65-month-and-12-day financial agreement provides City workers their first pay raise… Read more
As the City and the union move forward in developing a remote work pilot agreed upon in the recently ratified collective bargaining agreement, the Personal Service Unit of the DC 37 Health and Security Plan is… Read more
By MIKE LEE Jane LaTour, retired Public Employee Press Associate Editor, long-time union activist, and author of the seminal work Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City, a book documenting… Read more
By MIKE LEE Workers, the City needs you! To fill a significant gap in vacant job positions across City agencies, District Council 37 partnered with the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to host ‘hiring halls’ throughout… Read more
By MIKE LEE Brayhan Martinez, a Timekeeper at the Department of Correction and a Local 1549 member, is a go-getter. Born in San Lorenzo de Los Mina in the Dominican Republic, Martinez arrived in the United… Read more
Today, the New York City Council unanimously passed the Healthcare Accountability and Consumer Protection Act. This is a massive victory for District Council 37 and our partners in the Coalition for Affordable Hospitals. The Healthcare Accountability… Read more
DC 37 Family, I’m pleased to share with you that the Flexible Work Committee has issued its first recommendations for a remote-hybrid pilot program as agreed to by the Union and the City in the 2021-2026 citywide… Read more
DC 37 POLITICAL ACTION GET OUT THE VOTE! Join our Political Action Volunteer Member Organizer (VMO) team to help us get candidates elected who will fight to protect jobs and services in our community! Volunteers will… Read more
