DC 37 Launches Office of Community Partnership
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Immigration reform, affordable housing and the city hospitals budget crisis are among the issues the union’s new Office of Community Partnership plans [...]
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Union Pushes For New Plan on Provisional Workforce
BY GREGORY N. HEIRES The union is pushing for a new plan to reduce the ranks of provisional employees by moving thousands of them into permanent positions. A high-level union [...]
Asian Americans and the Labor Movement
By MAF MISBAH UDDIN May is Asian Heritage Month, an opportunity to reflect upon Asian Americans’ growing contributions to the nation’s economy, politics, culture and the [...]
Trump: A Zero for Working People
When an erratic billionaire and reality TV star known for bizarre, contradictory utterances, self-pitying victimization and overblown arrogance becomes a presidential [...]
Bronx Book Lovers Organize
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Dr. Ilana Breslau, a Senior Psychologist at North Central Bronx Hospital, works with patients dealing with mental health issues. She also leads groups [...]
An Appeal For Unity
Hillary Clinton has virtually ensured her nomination as the Democratic candidate for president. The numbers tell the story: The delegate count after her recent victories [...]
Fighting For Fair Budgets
By HENRY GARRIDO Executive Director, District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO As part of a coalition we played an important role in stopping nearly $1 billion in combined cuts in [...]
Retiree Activist Loses Home in Fire
By ALFREDO ALVARADO For 30 years, Sallie Robertson worked a busy Brooklyn intersection as a Local 372 School Crossing Guard helping the students from St. Francis of Assisi [...]
Union Backs Mayor’s Call for $2 Billion Infusion of New Funds for the City’s Public Hospitals
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a show of commitment to NYC Health + Hospitals, Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $2 billion infusion of aid to stop a financial hemorrhage that for [...]
Health Advocates Demand More State and Federal Funding for Public Hospitals
By ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 leaders joined health care activists and Public Advocate Letitia James, City Council member Vanessa Gibson and Manhattan Borough President Gale [...]
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