Local 1070 Nursery Workers Win Pay Hikes and Upgrades
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In Family Court, a parent’s battle for justice requires relief by child support, custody, protection from domestic abuse, separation or even divorce. [...]
PEP March 2018
Our Union: Fighting Together for Dignity and Respect
By ALMA ROPER When I reflect on what is important in life, I always include the union. For many years union members like us have fought for, and won, many of the rights that [...]
The Stock Market and Inequality
Before the recent sudden drop in the stock market, President Donald J. Trump liked to link what he described as the “booming economy” to record stock earnings. “The [...]
Union Organizing: a Civil Right
Now that the arguments were made — on both sides — in the Janus v. AFSCME case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 26, the waiting game for the ruling by the [...]
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 [...]
Labor’s Black History Makers
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Black History Month began with a ribbon-cutting and opening night dedicated to “The African-American Experience in the Labor Movement.” “We chose [...]
Among the Richest Nations, the United States is One of the Poorest
By DAVID BRAND Poor Americans are getting sicker, dying younger, and even living on the streets more often as extreme poverty threatens the lives of millions in [...]
DC 37 Leaders Meet With New City Council Committee Chairs
By ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 has hosted a number of meetings with new City Council leaders throughout the month of February to discuss issues of importance to union members and [...]
Local 1549 Members are Ready to Repel a Right-wing Effort to Kill Off Public Employee Unions
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Local 1549 members met to prepare a fight back against the efforts of right-wing groups to destroy public service unions and dismantle government [...]
Heroic Local 420 Member Helps Deliver Baby in Hospital Emergency
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Although delivering babies is not part of his job description, Woodhull Hospital Service Aide William Vega says he just did what came naturally when he [...]
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