City Launches Free School Lunch Program with Help from the Union
By ALFREDO ALVARADO After DC 37 spent years battling City Hall to make sure all students, regardless of their ability to pay, receive a hot meal at lunch time, free lunch [...]
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Volunteer to Become an Activist in Your Community, the Workplace and Politics!
“I convinced myself I didn’t have time to add a new responsibility to what’s already a pretty long “to do” list. But there are too many troubling things going on in [...]
DC 37 Endorsements for the Sept. 12 City Primary
On July 18, District Council 37 announced its endorsements of candidates for NYC elected offices in the Primary Elections on Tuesday, September 12. Among the endorsed [...]
A Progressive Budget
By HENRY GARRIDO The new budget is a significant step forward for the city and the union. Our achievements resulted from our strong presence in the budget process. For [...]
DC 37 Members and Community Activists Demand More Support for Public Hospitals
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS At a series of NYC Health+Hospitals annual meetings in May and June, hundreds of union members and residents sent a powerful message: Do more to save [...]
Advocates Call for More Library Funding
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Before today’s City Council budget hearing, library advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall this morning to demand more funding for the [...]
Community Activists and DC 37 Push for Universal School Lunch
By ALFREDO ALVARADO “I think we’re missing an opportunity to use available federal funding to make school lunches free,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said when he was on the [...]
Library Advocates Gear Up for Friday Rally
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Library supporters are gearing up for a rally on Friday to press the City Council to fund seven-day service and capital projects. The rally on the steps [...]
Unions Mobilize on May Day Against Crackdown on Immigrant and Worker Rights
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Calling for the protection of immigrant and worker rights, DC 37 activists joined protesters in a march on May Day Demonstrators gathered for an evening [...]
Union Outlines Priorities at Annual Meeting with City Council Members
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Dozens of City Council members were at DC 37 headquarters last week to meet with leaders and activists about the union’s budget and legislative [...]
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