Members dig deep for snowbound New York City
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 [...]
DC 37 building closed Jan. 23 due to snowstorm
Please be advised that DC 37 headquarters will be closed all day on Saturday, January 23, 2016, due to the impending [...]
The Destruction of Progressive Wisconsin
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 [...]
Dr. King and Labor
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 [...]
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
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 [...]
Private Security Workers Mishandle Muggings at Battery Park
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 [...]
DC 37 Protests Anti-Union Supreme Court Case
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 contingent of leaders and members joined a demonstration. [...]
Union Calls for Cuomo to support minimum $15 hourly pay for Workers at CUNY
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 York City wonder why they were excluded. [...]
Jan. 11 is “Union and Proud” Button Day
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 and their lawyers go before the U.S. Supreme Court to try to undermine public service workers.
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New Law Protects EMS from Assaults
Thanks to new legislation, a person who assaults an emergency services worker could face seven years in prison. [...]
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