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What's New?
Let's March Together to Celebrate Our Day! (posted on July 2, 2009)
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, we gather to march behind the Local 375 banner for Labor Day. We'll meet on 45th Street at 9AM, between 5th and Madison. This year, DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts will be the Parade Grand Marshal. For the first time, DC 37 will be the first delegation in the Parade - so come out and show your Union pride! At the conclusion of the Parade, there will be refreshments, music, games and face painting, t-shirts and more. Fun for the whole family! Be there!
Union Victory: Layoffs Pushed Back, Health Care Cuts Off the Table (posted on June 3, 2009)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Mayor has finally given up on his plan to make municipal workers pay 10% of their healthcare costs. The City reached an agreement with the Municipal Labor Committee which was announced at a press conference on June 2, at DC 37. The agreement takes the 10% off the table and puts an additional contribution of $200 per member into our welfare fund. The funding for the agreement comes from the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund, which was funded by Unions back in the 1980’s. The agreement shows that sustained pressure pays off! It’s a major victory for us and for DC 37. As you know, I have been fighting the Mayor’s health care benefit cuts for month – attacks that came from the Mayor and from the Citizen’s Budget Commission. A few weeks ago, the New York Post ran an article also attacking our benefits, and I responded without hesitation. Attacks on civil servants must be responded to right away, and I was the only DC 37 local president who responded publicly to those New York Post attacks. I’m very pleased that our effort paid off.
Another important piece of news is that the agreement announced on June 2nd also stops the layoffs of permanent civil servants for 90 days, with the possibility that we will find a way to shield all of those members from firings. As you may know, the City had targeted about 3,000 employees for layoffs. Although only about 20 of them are in Local 375, we believe that the layoff of any Union brother or sister is one too many and we are determined to fight them all. Now, the fight continues to save the jobs of targeted provisionals. We’re prepared to sue the City if they dismiss our members and keep consultants employed who are doing the same or equivalent work – a violation of Local Law 35.
Fraternally,
Claude Fort, P.E.
President
Union Dues Rates Set for January 2009 (posted on December 20, 2008)
TO: All Union Members
The seventy cents ($0.70) per paycheck increase encompasses the AFSCME fifty-cent ($0.50) and DC 37 twenty-cent ($0.20) mandated dues increase for 2009. Below are our salary ranges, organization code for each range, and the bi-weekly dues rate:
$10,000 to $14,999. Code: HS. Bi-weekly dues: $18.10
$15,000 to $19,999. Code: KB. Bi-weekly dues: $19.00
$20,000 to $24,999. Code: KG. Bi-weekly dues: $20.00
$25,000 to $29,999. Code: HZ. Bi-weekly dues: $21.50
$30,000 to $34,999. Code: KK. Bi-weekly dues: $23.50
$35,000 to $39,999. Code: F2. Bi-weekly dues: $25.50
$40,000 to $44,999. Code: F4. Bi-weekly dues: $28.00
$45,000 to $49,999. Code: F6. Bi-weekly dues: $30.00
$50,000 to $54,999. Code: F8. Bi-weekly dues: $32.00
$55,000 to $59,999. Code: G2. Bi-weekly dues: $34.00
Fraternally,
Steve Cooper, Financial Secretary
DC 37 Offers Professional Development Courses (posted on December 10, 2008)
Here's a link to the latest Professional Development Offerings for Engineers and Registered Architects:
click here
Listen to our 1010 WINS Campaign (posted on August 11, 2008)
On August 11, we began another series of high-profile spots on New York City's most listened-to radio station, 1010 WINS, saluting the work of the members of the Civil Service Technical Guild.
Millions of New Yorkers heard our spots, and we received a lot of positive feedback!
If you want to hear our archived spots, you can listen to them here:
About the Civil Service Technical Guild
The Department of Design and Construction
The Department of City Planning
The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
The Health and Hospitals Corporation
The Department of Transportation
The New York City Housing Authority
Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Parks Department
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Housing Preservation and Development/The New York City Housing Authority
The School Construction Authority
The New York City Transit Authority
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