City Budget Update: Jobs, Funding on the Line
By MIKE LEE As the City moves closer to finalizing a budget, several critical areas of New York City’s public services remain at risk of significant cuts in funding. At a [...]
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Union and Work Safety Activists Remember Triangle Fire Dead Several hundred union activists and their supporters gathered in Greenwich Village, near Washington Square, to [...]
Rally for Parks Funding, Jobs
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS At a virtual rally today, the Play Fair Now Coalition consisting of DC 37, New Yorkers for Parks, and the League of Conservation Voters, as well as parks [...]
It’s Time You Get Your High School Equivalency Diploma
Do you need your High School Equivalency Diploma? You may be eligible for the TASC test waiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The test for the High School Equivalency Diploma [...]
Local 983 to Albany Legislators: Approve Short-Term Borrowing to Save 22,000 Jobs
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS More than 100 members of Motor Vehicle Operators Local 983, went to Albany August 13 to urge state lawmakers to block the proposed layoffs of 22,000 [...]
Midnight Budget Passes. Pressure is on Washington and Albany to Prevent 22,000 Layoffs
By MIKE LEE As hundreds of Occupy City Hall protesters gathered in front of the City Hall steps, the New York City Council passed the $88.1 billion budget for the 2021 Fiscal [...]
Union Fights to Fund and Save Parks Jobs
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The Play Fair coalition – consisting of DC 37 locals, parks advocates, elected officials and even the Girl Scouts of New York – returned to City Hall [...]
Union, City Agree on Funding for Senior Centers
By MIKE LEE After negotiations with the de Blasio administration, the union won an agreement with the city to maintain 15 New York City Housing Authority senior centers [...]
Union, Library Advocates Rally At City Hall
By GREGORY N. HEIRES DC 37 is working with a coalition to secure an additional $65 million in operating funds for the city’s three public library systems in next year’s [...]
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 [...]
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