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By JOSEPH LOPEZ The members of Brooklyn Library Guild Local 1482 have been a dedicated part of the community, serving kids, senior citizens, and everyone in between for 50 years. Over 100 guests from various DC… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO Since Donald Trump’s election, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been busy reaching out to New Yorkers at meetings all over the city, assuring them he plans to protect the city’s most vulnerable residents.… Read more

Sign the petition! Call on Mayor de Blaiso to ensure a free healthy lunch for all NYC schoolchildren! By ALFREDO ALVARADO What do schools in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit and Dallas offer their students that New York City does… Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The union’s Blue Collar Division and the Organizing Dept. will be in Kingston, N.Y., on Dec. 13 to bring the DC37/AFSCME Strong campaign to Dept. of Environmental Protection employees represented by the… Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Governor Cuomo, sign the Safety-Net Hospital bill! At a noon press conference at Harlem Hospital on Nov. 15, a coalition of community leaders, working men and women, and elected leaders called for Gov. Andrew… Read more

  By GREGORY N. HEIRES The union has dedicated one of its research libraries to Evelyn Seinfeld, the deceased director of the DC 37 Research and Negotiations Dept., who passed away earlier this year. Coworkers, union… Read more

By MIKE LEE The DC 37 Education Fund has signed an agreement with The City College of New York for the school to offer basic computer courses to DC 37 members. This follows a similar agreement… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO Lee Saunders, president of the 1.6 million member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has vowed to hold Donald J. Trump’s feet to the fire when the Republican president-elect moves into… Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Days before an international crowd gathers to run the race, Dept. of Transportation night crews hit the road to mark the course that guides runners safely through city streets for the annual New… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO On Election Day, volunteers packed the phone bank room at District Council 37 headquarters where they made calls to members reminding them to get to the polls before they close at 9 p.m.… Read more

By MIKE LEE SSEU Local 371 is pushing back on the scapegoating of Child Protective Services workers surrounding the tragic case of a 6-year-old boy whose death at home was ruled a homicide. Union leaders and… Read more

By HENRY GARRIDO Our union is part of a movement that has stood steadfast in many crises and been through long, daunting struggles. Together, we have won major victories and suffered defeats. Yet with each battle,… Read more

Local 372 School Crossing Guards attended the memorial service for Hempstead, Long Island, School Crossing Guard Virginia Leviner, who died on the job on Oct. 28 after being hit by a speeding 14-wheeler truck. Known to… Read more

DC 37 carries out an extensive screening process to choose candidates who the union believes will represent the best interests of rank-and-file members and retirees. A screening committee interviews candidates and comes up with recommendations.  The names… Read more

By GREGORY N. HEIRES District Council 37 leaders have launched an ambitious, multi-year plan to fortify the union by organizing thousands of new members, expanding services, developing a larger presence in the workplace and the community… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO The financial crisis at NYC Health + Hospitals, reducing the number of provisional employees and educating members about the proposed constitutional convention vote, which will be on the ballot in Nov. 2017, were… Read more

Over time, replacing Justic Antonin Scalia with a justice that is less of a right-wing ideologue has the potential to reshape many areas of American law — and, in particular, much of the law surrounding the… Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The Parks Dept. honored 15 City Parks Workers and City Seasonal Aides in Local 1505 as employees of the month last August. “These members took Crotona Park from trashy to classy as… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO National polls are showing Hillary Clinton pulling away in her race for the White House by as many as a dozen points. But the former secretary of state and her union supporters are… Read more