By MIKE LEE At a news conference at the state capitol in Albany on Feb. 8, DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido, along with other union leaders and state legislators, called on the state Legislature to… Read more
DC 37 members and leaders traveled to Albany today to call upon state legislators to provide full funding for the City University of New York. The union has also launched a petition drive asking signers to Tell… Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Forty-five professional and technical workers will be hired at the School Construction Authority thanks to an agreement between the union and the SCA. The agreement was reached because of a lawsuit filed… Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Anyone convicted of assaulting the brave men and women who work as Emergency Medical Technicians or Paramedics will now be facing a stiff seven-year prison sentence. Most New Yorkers appreciate the valuable service… Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a move that flouts a community’s repeated demands to keep city Parks Enforcement Patrol Officers at Battery Park City, the authority ousted all PEP Officers and put AlliedBarton private security… Read more
The DC 37 Organizing Dept. will host a series of work site meetings in February and March to inform members about union benefits and activities. The meetings also aim to encourage members to participate more in… Read more
Today, DC 37 begins its celebration of Black History Month with its traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony at union headquarters at 6 p.m. Throughout February, union locals will sponsor events, and the month will culminate with a showing… Read more
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Delegates elected the union’s new secretary and 19 members of the DC 37 Executive Board on Jan. 26. The 20 leaders elected at the Jan. 26 Delegates Council monthly meeting are all… Read more
By ALFREDO ALVARADO District Council 37 became the first labor union in the city to endorse Rafael Salamanca in his City Council race to represent the 17th Council District in the Bronx. DC 37 Executive Director… Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As Jonas, the second most severe blizzard on record, buried the East Coast, hundreds of dedicated public employees dug deep for New York City to survive the storm. The Nor’easter dumped a… Read more
By DAN KAUFMAN SHORTLY after his exit from an abbreviated presidential run last fall, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin returned to a more successful undertaking: dismantling what remains of his state’s century-old progressive legacy. Last month,… Read more
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS “All work has dignity and importance,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said. At the midpoint of the civil rights movement he cautioned, “We must guard against being fooled by false slogans,… Read more
The DC 37 Political Action Committee held its annual candle lighting ceremony commemorating the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 14 at union headquarters with guest speaker Public Advocate Letitia James. “Dr.… Read more
By DIANE WILLIAMS The fears of Battery Park City residents and community leaders were confirmed Dec. 19 when two teenage residents were violently attacked and one was knocked unconscious. Witnesses said newly hired AlliedBarton security workers… Read more
DC 37 held a “Union and Proud” day of action that coincided with the Jan. 11 oral arguments in the anti-union Friedrichs v. California Teachers case before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., where a… Read more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 4 announced his plan to increase the minimum wage for state workers at the State University of New York to $15 an hour. City University of New York workers in New… Read more
DC 37 members all across New York City will be wearing buttons to “Say It Loud: We’re Union and Proud” on Monday, Jan. 11. This show of solidarity takes place on the day that billionaire CEOs… Read more
By MIKE LEE New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $15-an-hour minimum wage for 50,000 low-paid city workers, including 20,000 workers mostly represented by DC 37, before an enthusiastic crowd of members, activists, City… Read more
