By DIANE WILLIAMS The union is working with the Dept. of Transportation to encourage motorists to be more cautious as they drive in highway work zones, where four workers have died in recent years. On a… Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The DC 37 Healthcare Education Activist Team (HEAT) urges NYC Health+ Hospitals workers, public health advocates and community residents to attend and speak out at the H+H annual meetings this spring. The… Read more
Dear Sisters and Brothers, As many of you know by now, a fund has been established by the Daily News in conjunction with the FDNY Foundation in order to aid the family of Sister Yadira Arroyo,… Read more
By HENRY GARRIDO It was nice to see the Republican health-care plan implode in late March. Here are just some of the ways the GOP plan would have affected New York and the country: ●New York… Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Veteran news reporter Anita M. Samuels’ new book, “Rants & Retorts,” examines often anonymous— and always vitriolic— racist online comments posted on internet news stories. “I became a journalist because I wanted… Read more
By MIKE LEE DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido joined advocates for the disabled, union activists, city officials and MTA representatives to discuss the need to improve the Access-A-Ride service at a forum held in union… Read more
The DC 37 Organizing Department has scheduled lunchtime meetings and a special Union Week to strengthen the power of our collective voice and equip members with the tools necessary to move forward together. Union Week will be… Read more
Amidst the never-ending hot winds of Trump-era controversies and scandals, U.S. Reps. Steve King and Joe Wilson in February introduced the National Right to Work Act before the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill, H.R. 785,… Read more
After more than two painful years of facing criminal charges for doing his job, Juvenile Counselor Rafael Pasols, an SSEU Local 371 member, was found not guilty on all charges of improperly restraining a 17-year-old resident at… Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO President Donald J. Trump’s executive order issued on Jan. 27 sought to ban people from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the United States. The order was swiftly struck down by the federal… Read more
By LEE SAUNDERS Back in 1932, a group of Wisconsin state employees banded together to defend their rights as civil servants, pushing back against a corrupt spoils system that would reward friends of politicians with important… Read more
At a time when the state faces potential deep cuts in federal funding to vital services by the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress, DC 37 joined a coalition of progressive groups in support of… Read more
By CONNOR D. WOLF Americans generally hold a favorable view of labor unions, despite declining membership rates, according to a new poll. Labor unions are designed to help workers negotiate with employers through collective action. Their… Read more
By BARBARA TERRELONGE Too often we suffer from historic amnesia, forgetting how we won the workplace protections we enjoy today. That’s why events like the commemoration of the 105th anniversary of the Triangle factory fire commemorated… Read more
By JOSEPH LOPEZ After nearly a century of delays and dead ends, New York City’s long- proposed Second Avenue Subway line finally opened to the public on Jan. 1. The completion of this first phase… Read more
The DC 37 Disability Committee will hold a forum on Access-A-Ride, the transportation service for people with disabilities. The forum will be at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in the first-floor gallery at union headquarters,… Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The DC 37 General Counsel’s Office obtained a consent award that granted posthumously $20,000 in back pay to a Local 1597 Custodial Assistant, who was wrongfully terminated from Brooklyn College. Management alleged… Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO New Yorkers from all over the city are not only expressing their condolences to the family of Emergency Medical Technician Yadira Arroyo–who was tragically killed on a Bronx street when a man hijacked her… Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO An EMS worker was killed and another was injured on Thursday, March 16, as a 25-year-old man attempted to commandeer their ambulance. Emergency Medical Technicians Yadira Arroyo and Monique Williams were responding to… Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Drug companies have increased their political contributions in New York State as they come under fire for excessive prices and face calls for greater government regulation. In 2016, pharmaceutical companies contributed $799,150… Read more
