DC37

  • VOLUNTEER for DC 37 POLITICAL ACTION!
    Do you want to make a difference? We need your help this weekend to Get Out the Vote for DC 37-endorsed candidates in your community! Please volunteer with our DC 37 GOTV canvassing teams. We’ll be reaching out to our fellow union members to give them important information about the upcoming primary election. Never volunteered before? No worries! Volunteering is easy and rewarding. We’ll make sure you have everything you need for a great experience. Sign up today! Don’t forget early voting ends Sunday August 21, and the New York Democratic Primary Day is this Tuesday, August 23. Learn who are the endorsed candidates in your district by clicking HERE! If you have questions or need more information, please contact DC 37 Political Director Odetty Tineo at [email protected] — Aug 18
  • SAVE the DATE: MELS MEDICAID PLANNING WEBINAR, SEPT. 21, 5:30 PM
    MELS, the Municipal Employees Legal Services, will host a webinar, Basic Introduction to Medicaid Planning, on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. Medicaid is the largest public health insurance program in the U.S. and it pays for over half of all long-term care services provided to seniors. For many individuals who require long-term care at home or in a nursing home, the Medicaid program has become the equivalent of instant long-term care insurance. MELS is pleased to have elder law attorney Douglas J. Chu return to DC 37 to walk through the steps necessary to become eligible for Medicaid. Mr. Chu will cover the basic income and resource rules, how the application process works, options for protecting your assets from Medicaid estate recovery and the new transfer penalty rules for home care services. To attend, please register at www.dc37mels.com. For more information call 212-815-1111. — Aug 15
  • SUPPORT DC 37-ENDORSED CANDIDATES in the NEW YORK STATE PRIMARY ELECTIONS AUGUST 23
    It’s time to get prepared for the next round of New York State elections. Please support our DC 37-endorsed candidates in the August 23 Primary Elections for State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. The DC 37 membership is supporting a great group of candidates based on their commitment to protecting DC 37 members’ jobs and benefits. Find out who the DC 37 membership has endorsed in your area here. You can vote early between Aug. 13-21 or vote at your polling site on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You can also vote by mail using an absentee ballot. The last day to submit an application to request an absentee ballot is Monday, Aug. 8. Contact 311 or 1-866-VOTE-NYC for more information about your poll site location, early voting, or requesting an absentee ballot. Stand up for your family and community by casting your vote! GET OUT THE VOTE! Do you want to make a difference? We need your help to Get Out the Vote for DC 37-endorsed candidates in your community! Please volunteer with our DC 37 GOTV canvassing teams. We’ll be reaching out to our fellow union members to give them important information about the upcoming [...] — Aug 12
  • NYC’s ANNUAL LABOR DAY PARADE and MARCH RETURNS to FIFTH AVENUE on SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 at 10 AM
    You’re invited to the Workers Leading, Workers Rising Labor Day Parade and March on Saturday, September 10. Grand Marshal U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will lead the parade with Parade Chairs AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond and NYC Commissioner of Labor Roberta Reardon. The parade kicks off from Fifth Avenue and East 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan. DC 37 and its locals will assemble on East 46th St. between Fifth and Vanderbilt Avenues to march at 12 noon. Wear your DC 37 green tee shirt to support your union and show our solidarity, diversity and strength! Members should register to march at the following link: www.mobilize.us/afscmedc37/event/487871. There is no limit to the number of participants who can march with DC 37—the more, the merrier so we can show New York City that our workers demand a new contract NOW! A very limited number of chairs is available on the DC 37 Accessibility Float, and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis at the following link: www.mobilize.us/afscmedc37/event/487906. Once all spaces have been claimed, we encourage anyone seeking seated accommodations to join us at the Grand Stand located at East 63rd & 5th Avenue. Ask your union rep or local president for details, or call the DC 37 [...] — Aug 11
  • NOW AVAILABLE: HEALTH CARE WORKER BONUS PROGRAM from NEW YORK STATE
    By DIANE S. WILLIAMS DC 37 fought hard to create a fund for “essential pay” for members on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced New York State set aside $1.2 billion in the budget to fund bonuses up to $3,000 for health care and mental hygiene workers at public and private hospitals, health care facilities and related employers that provide health care-related functions. The New York State Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus covers the period from Oct. 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The Health Care Worker bonuses will be paid in December 2022. Who is Eligible: The program provides bonuses to frontline health and mental hygiene workers who provide hands-on assistance with health or care services. Currently, the program includes full-time and part-time employees, temporary and contracted workers in 101 H+H titles, with additional titles in Mayoral agencies to be determined. The union is advocating for the largest possible group of titles that have been or will be engaged in health care, including in NYC Health + Hospitals and mayoral agencies where employees provide care to patients, clients or residents. The union is also advocating for members working at nonprofit private sector [...] — Aug 10