Jim Tucciarelli, Union Leader and Activist, Retires
Jim Tucciarelli, a DC 37 leader for more than three decades and a staunch advocate for fellow responders who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11, has retired. [...]
PEP Sept Oct 2019
Local 420’s $500,000 Win
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In June, DC 37 stopped management from assigning 29 Local 420 members out-of-title duties and resolved a group grievance against North Central Bronx [...]
Building Worker Power
By HENRY GARRIDO As Labor Day approached this summer, a well-known polling organization, Gallup, released its annual, national survey on public attitude toward unions. The [...]
UNION STRONG, UNION PROUD: Labor Day Parade 2019
By MIKE LEE Thousands of union members and supporters marched up Fifth Avenue Sept. 7 to show the world that they are working together to build worker power in New York York [...]
Stronger Together: DC 37, 1707 Unite
Private Sector Members Add to Union Power By GREGORY N. HEIRES and SARA HAAS New York labor history is being made this fall as District Council 1707, which represents 20,000 [...]
Summer School and Sisterhood
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Women comprise more than half of DC 37’s membership. And one of our union’s highest priorities is to support the ascent of women within the ranks of [...]
HVAC Workers at Met Win Huge Pay Hike
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS After more than a year of negotiations, Local 1503 resolved long-standing wage and retention issues, resulting in an unprecedented 63 percent pay hike [...]
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 [...]
TA Worker Rescues Man Stuck on Subway Tracks
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Patrick Burke, an administrative project manager at New York City Transit, stopped by the Yankee Stadium station of the D subway line to do a routine [...]
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 [...]
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