Statin coverage now compliant with Obamacare
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Low-dose generic statins will be provided for free by members’ health-care plans instead of the DC 37 prescription drug benefit. This change meets a [...]
BENEFITS
It’s Time for a Contract Now
By HENRY GARRIDO We are pressing the city to work with us to wrap up negotiations for a new economic agreement that will affect 90,000 DC 37 members. There is no reason to [...]
Update Your Beneficiary Record
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Every so often, a widow stops by the DC 37 Health & Security Plan to obtain a inquiry about a benefit of a deceased member. The benefit could be [...]
DC 37 Members: Enjoy a Free Day at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan
DC 37, members, bring your Member ID Card for a free admission between 9 and 10 a.m. only, on Sat., April 14 for you and your family. This early opening is only for members [...]
Union Benefit Fund Takes on Big Pharma
By GREGORY N. HEIRES As pharmaceutical companies continue their rampant hikes of drug prices and ignore the dangers of their products, DC 37 and other unions’ benefit [...]
Need Help? Contact the Union’s Personal Service Unit
DC 37’s Personal Service Unit is a professionally trained social work staff can help with emotional and family concerns, alcoholism, drug abuse, health problems and [...]
DC 37 Annuity Fund Shows Strong Growth
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Since its inception, the District Council 37 AFSCME Annuity Fund has grown annually by nearly 6 percent. “The annuity is a painless and cost-effective [...]
Union Adopts Changes at Health Care Centers
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Beginning in July, the DC 37 health centers in Manhattan and Brooklyn will no longer provide podiatry services. In addition, the vision services in the [...]
DC 37 Establishes a Workforce Development Program with Medgar Evers College
By ALFREDO ALVARADO District Council 37 and Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn have agreed to collaborate and develop courses to help union members become better prepared to [...]
Housing Program Makes DC 37 “The Best Union Ever!”
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS “I was tired of renting an apartment that only made the rich richer, while I kept getting poorer,” said School Coordinator Robert Cameron. The Local [...]
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