By RAUL RODRIGUEZ A great labor union stands up for its members, for all workers, and for the communities in which working families live. That’s the clear, simple, driving principle behind Executive Director Henry Garrido’s push… Read more

DC 37 members turned out in force at LaGuardia Community College on Jan. 3 to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo announce a plan to offer free tuition to hundreds of thousands working class students. Under the plan,… Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Answering a groundswell call to action, DC 37 members will join tens of thousands from across the nation at the Women’s March on Washington Jan. 21, the day after president-elect Donald Trump’s… Read more

By LISA REIN President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are drawing up plans to take on the government bureaucracy they have long railed against, by eroding job protections and grinding down benefits that federal workers… Read more

I am a Recreation Supervisor at St. Mary’s in the Bronx. I’ve worked for the Parks and Recreation Department since 1999. My job is to make sure the center meets the needs of the community. As… Read more

I kind of fell into public service. I started out as an attorney at the state Department of Labor to get my loans deferred. You will find that a majority of African Americans who graduate from… Read more

Walk from the parking lot to enter Wave Hill, and it’s like ‘Wow!’ You see the expanse of the Palisades, the Hudson, and a garden of unexpected and overwhelming beauty. Gardening is all about the layers… Read more

DC 37’s annual celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, drew dozens of members and retirees to the union hall Dec. 27. “The Maccabees fought their oppressors and won,” said Jewish Heritage Committee chair Dr.… Read more

When we stand up, we fight, and when we fight, we win. District Council 37 has survived many crises that have threatened our existence. Our struggles define us as a union, and in the end we… Read more

When we stand up, we fight, and when we fight, we win. District Council 37 has survived many crises that have threatened our existence. Our struggles define us as a union, and in the end we… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO The financial crisis at NYC Health+Hospitals, reducing the number of provisional employees and mobilizing against the proposed constitutional convention were the top priorities laid out by DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido at… Read more

By HENRY GARRIDO The election of Donald J. Trump as president distresses us because we fear his policies will allow the decades-long nationwide attack on working people to continue. District Council 37 and its national union,… Read more

By GREGORY N. HEIRES Under a new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in late November thousands of provisional city employees will have the opportunity to become civil servants with layoff, seniority, and disciplinary  job protections.… Read more

By GREGORY N. HEIRES Members of Laborers Local 924 voted 261 to 9 in favor a new contract that provides a 5.34 percent pay rate increase and restores benefits taken away by the city after it carried… Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As the December 31 deadline fast approaches, a coalition of health-care activists, elected leaders and working men and women call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would give safety-net… Read more

This piece originally appeared as an editorial in the New York Daily News on Dec. 18.  Rabbi Kass is a member of  DC  37 who has served on the DC 37 Jewish Heritage Committee for many… Read more

By ALFREDO ALVARADO Union activists added another 8,000 post cards for Mayor Bill de Blasio to receive during the holiday season. But instead of a Christmas greeting, their message called for free universal lunch for all… Read more

By GREGORY N. HEIRES Laborers Local 924’s tentative new contract calls for a 5.34 percent pay rate increase and restores benefits taken away by the city after it carried out a 2012 court order for substantial… Read more