Public Employee Pensions Divest From Private Prisons
By GREGORY N. HEIRES New York City has become the first municipality in the nation whose public pension system has divested from private prisons. The divestment comes as [...]
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Fighting Big Pharma
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Administrators of the union’s welfare plan are mounting a new legal offensive to keep the rising costs of generic drugs in check. If successful, the [...]
Protesters Confront House Speaker Ryan
By ALFREDO ALVARADO Angry activists lined the corner of W. 118 Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem and waited for the Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan to tell him what they [...]
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 [...]
Taxes and Inequality
By HENRY GARRIDO Thousands of demonstrators across the United States on April 15 — Tax Day — called for President Donald Trump to release his taxes. The protest was a [...]
Resistance
By HENRY GARRIDO We cannot sit on the sidelines. The stakes are too high. The attack against working people— bankrolled by people like the billionaire Koch brothers—is [...]
A Review of 2016: A Year of Key Victories for DC 37 Members
District Council 37 had a banner year in 2016. Here are some of the union’s achievements. Insourcing victory: DC 37 is working with the de Blasio to reduce the city’s [...]
The Myth of Tax Flight
News that a hedge fund billionaire picked up his business and moved from New Jersey to Florida renewed the debate over whether the rich flee states with higher taxes. David [...]
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