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 Leaders Press for DOE Kitchen Upgrades
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In an ongoing effort to protect members during the COVID-19 pandemic, Board of Education Local 372 President Shaun D. Francois I visited essential [...]
Unions Win Delay in DOE Schools Opening to Sept. 21
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS On the frontlines protecting members safety and health during the COVID-19 pandemic is DC 37 and Local 372 President Shaun D. Francois I, who on Sept. 2, [...]
Local 372 Presses for Ventilation and Cooling in All Public Schools
BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS Kitchen temperatures in a Manhattan public school exceeded 135 degrees during a recent heat wave as 3,400 essential workers prepared Grab-and-Go meals to [...]
Schools Shut Down, But Construction Work Continues
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Building Code Inspector Lorraine Barcant’s job is to keep school buildings safe for the city’s 1.1 million school children and the teachers [...]
Union Celebrates Victory for Public Safety at City Hall Rally
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Hours before New York City schools reopened for 1.1 million students, Dept of Education Local 372 and a coalition of grassroots groups and elected [...]
Union Calls for Additional Parks and School Workers
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS and ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 leaders are making their case on behalf of understaffed agencies and overworked employees at a series of City Council budget [...]
City Launches Free School Lunch Program with Help from the Union
By ALFREDO ALVARADO After DC 37 spent years battling City Hall to make sure all students, regardless of their ability to pay, receive a hot meal at lunch time, free lunch [...]
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