Civil Service Technical Guild Local 375 DC37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
We are more than 5500 engineers, architects, planners, scientists who design, build and maintain New York City’s infrastructure. We are proud of our work to keep our great city running. We are the Civil Service Technical Guild, Local 375 of District Council 37, AFSCME.
Hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable summer and all is well.
We are in the process of preparing for chapter elections for chapter president, all officers, delegates and alternate delegates. Chapter Nominations are scheduled to be held in October and elections in November.
This is an excellent opportunity to become more involved with your chapter and with Local 375.
Further specific chapter information will be forthcoming in the mail in the coming weeks.
NYC’s LABOR PARADE RETURNS to FIFTH AVENUE on SATURDAY SEPT. 10
You’re invited to the Workers Leading, Workers Rising Labor Day Parade and March on Saturday, September 10 with Grand Marshal U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. 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 and will march at 12 noon. Wear your DC 37 green t-shirt.
NOW AVAILABLE: HEALTH CARE WORKER BONUS PROGRAM from NEW YORK STATE
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.
The U.S. Department of Education notified AFSCME “Free College” partners — Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC), Central State University and Paul Quinn College — that they could no longer offer no-cost college to AFSCME members and their families. As a result, new students may not enroll. There is no financial liability owed by any former or existing students who participated in the program.
Please click here to find the DCAS Exam Schedule for titles we represent for Fiscal Year 2022 - 2023. The schedule indicates if an exam is Open Competitive or Promotional and it is sorted alphabetically by title.
We want you to be part of New York City’s largest public employee union, with about 150,000 members and 50,000 retirees. Do you work in a DC 37 title? Are you paying dues without being a member? Then sign up today for a voice in your union and your workplace. Join electronically to become a Local 375, DC 37 member and sign up to receive the latest union news.