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DC 37 Family, For the first time in over 40 years, the City has selected a proposal for a new health plan for active city employees, pre-Medicare retirees, and their dependents. The joint proposal from EmblemHealth… Read more

By MIKE LEE Hundreds of union activists and leaders flooded the halls of the State Capitol on March 4 for DC 37’s annual Lobby Day. Members packed the Lewis Swyer Theatre inside the “Egg” at the… Read more

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER DC 37 POLITICAL ACTION It’s primary season! There are several important races on the ballot this June, including: NYC Mayor, City Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough President, District Attorney (Brooklyn and Manhattan), and City Council.… Read more

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER DC 37 POLITICAL ACTION 2025 Political Endorsements On April 22, DC 37 Delegates voted to finalize endorsements for the June 24, 2025 Primary Election. Mayor – Ranked Endorsement  City Comptroller Mark Levine Public Advocate… Read more

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER DC 37 HEALTH & SECURITY PLAN Health & Security Benefit Fairs The DC 37 Health & Security Plan invites you to attend an upcoming Health & Security Plan Benefit Fair in our new union… Read more

By MIKE LEE Local 205 Fights Day Care Closures More than 200 protesters, including parents, teachers, and other workers, rallied on Jan. 24 in front of Nuestros Niños Day Care Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to protest… Read more

Black History Month is Back at DC 37 Headquarters For the first time in five years, the DC 37 Black History Committee, chaired by Local 1930 President Deborah Allman, commenced its month-long celebration at 125 Barclay… Read more

By MIKE LEE In the last few months, DC 37 members have reported receiving emails, letters, and postcards claiming that giving up their union membership would result in a “raise.” The messages have appeared in the… Read more

By MIKE LEE Now that DC 37 has returned to 125 Barclay St. in lower Manhattan, the union’s headquarters serves as host for many member events, including the new DC 37 Health & Security Fund Benefit… Read more

By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ With light from the setting sun illuminating the front of the historic Brooklyn Museum, members from Local 1502 and United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 rallied to protest the reckless layoff of more… Read more

By JUSTINA RAMLAKAHN On the evening of Jan. 28, delegate members from each local union represented by DC 37 convened at the union’s new headquarters. At the top of the agenda for their first meeting of… Read more

By MIKE LEE New York City Council Member Christopher Marte has introduced Intro. 1096-2024, a bill that would impede New York City municipal unions’ ability to collectively bargain — the most fundamental of labor rights. The… Read more

Story and Photos by MIKE LEE Against the backdrop of the dramatic ongoing changes in Washington, D.C., New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued their initial executive budgets in January.… Read more

With Mayor Eric Adams dropping from the program just hours before, DC 37’s members-only Mayoral Forum kicked off at 6 p.m. sharp on Feb. 26 at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan. Adams’s… Read more

By JUSTINA RAMLAKHAN Once called “America’s Eiffel Tower,” the Brooklyn Bridge, which connects lower Manhattan to downtown Brooklyn, is a famous global landmark. At the time of its completion in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the… Read more

By MIKE LEE Internal organizing is a permanent effort. As workers leave public service or retire from the workplace, new employees join the ranks with varying degrees of knowledge about, and personal connection to, the labor… Read more

1. Apply to become a Political Action Volunteer Member Organizer (VMO) 2. Support the DC 37 PEOPLE Program 3. Attend Political Action Committee Meetings Read more

By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ DC 37 members are often first in line to prepare for and respond to climate disasters. In recent years, members of Local 1506 New York City Parks Department Climbers and Pruners and Local… Read more

By ACACIA RODRIGUEZ Local 374 Quasi Public Employees at Brooklyn Botanic Garden welcomed a fragrant new bloom to their steamy indoor garden on Jan. 24. Dubbed ‘Smelliot’ by denizens of the internet via Instagram, the Amorphophallus… Read more