A Fighting Union: Campaign Key to Contract Victory
By MIKE LEE Since early March, as reported in the previous issue of PEPtalk, DC 37 staff and leadership have led nearly 200 in-person worksite lunchtime meetings, engaging DC [...]
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The Votes Are In: Contract Ratified!
DC 37 Family, I’m pleased to announce the citywide economic agreement was approved by 97.7% of the 45,936 members who cast ballots during the ratification process. Thank [...]
Day of Action
DC 37 launched a Day of Action social media campaign on Feb. 16 to encourage members and the public to show their support for City workers in a fight for a new contract. [...]
Update on Collective Bargaining: We Have an Agreement!
Dear DC 37 Family, Very early this morning, the DC 37 Bargaining Committee and the city’s Office of Labor Relations signed a tentative contract agreement that delivers [...]
Time to Fight for What’s RIGHT
After more than two years of this pandemic, it is time we stand up for what is right, move forward, and engage the city to come to the table and negotiate a fair and just [...]
Agreement Provides Pay Equity for Head Start Educators with Public-School Teachers
By GREGORY N. HEIRES The pay of more than 2,650 Head Start teachers will be boosted to match the salary of public-school teachers under a tentative agreement by the city, [...]
Paid Family Leave: A Dad’s Joyful Bonding
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Research Scientist Michael D. Zboray is among the more than 1,000 union members who are taking advantage of the new paid family leave benefit that went [...]
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Worker Wins Wage Hike and Back Pay
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS After eight months of labor-management meetings, DC 37 Local 374 has won a wage hike and retroactive pay that adds about $1,400 to the annual salary of a [...]
Contract Fight of Westchester County Day-Care Workers Heats Up
By GREGORY N. HEIRES About 40 day-care center workers in Westchester County staged a one-day strike on Thursday, protesting years of frozen pay and their employer’s most [...]
Day-Care Educators Win Pay Equity with City Teachers
By GREGORY N. HEIRES By more than a 3-to-1 margin, members of Local 205 — early childhood educators who work for non-profit organizations — voted for a contract [...]
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