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One Year Extension of Remote Work Pilot for City Employees

Mayor Adams, DC 37 Executive Director Garrido Announce Extension of Remote Work Pilot for City Employees

March 18, 2025

Holiday Greetings from President Troman

Dear Sisters & Brothers,

Hope all is well with you and your family.

December - Union NEWS, EVENTS, and SERVICES

HEAT YOUR HOME THIS WINTER WITH HEAP

Applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) are now open!

Holiday Message from President Troman

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

I hope this message finds everyone doing well. On behalf of myself and my family, I would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a very Happy & Healthy New Year! May we all prosper in the New Year and be blessed with good health and peace. This has been a very trying year, we faced and overcame many hurdles and obstacles. Our faith and trust in each other helped us get through the difficult times.

UNION EVENTS, SERVICES, and NEWS

MEHP HOMEBUYER ORIENTATION VIRTUAL WEBINAR 

New website for NYS Paid Family Leave program

DC 37 worked with OLR and MetLife to create a new website for PFL

A new website that is available to city employees who are covered by the NYS Paid Family Leave program.  In 2021 a survey of participants who used the program found that employees needed clear information about how to use Paid Family Leave.   

In 2023, the program will improve by lowering the payroll deduction from0.511% of income to 0.455% with a lower maximum deduction of $399.43.  In addition, siblings will be covered as an eligible dependent for leave.  

PSLF WAIVER EXPIRES OCT. 31- UPDATES AND FREE WEBINARS

ACT NOW: JUST TWO WEEKS LEFT to ERASE YOUR STUDENT DEBT

Dear Members:

Because of a COVID-emergency program from the U.S. Department of Education, many federal student loans are being forgiven for government or nonprofit workers. The program expires on October 31, in less than 15 days.

Please share this note with all colleagues, friends, and family who may benefit.

More than 5 million public servants are now eligible for student loan forgiveness. About 175,000 of us have already received an average of nearly $60,000! You could be next!

Contract Negotiations Update: We need a raise. NOW.

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HENRY GARRIDO

UPDATE ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY OF NEW YORK

September 29, 2022

Dear DC 37 Family,  

We need a raise. NOW.

Local 375 Chapter Elections

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Greetings Sisters & Brothers,

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.

Stay safe and be well.

In Solidarity,

Union Events, Services and News Update

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.

DCAS Monkeypox Leave Guidance

Please click here to open Guidance for City Agencies Regarding the 2022 Outbreak of Orthopoxyvirus/Monkeypox, eff. August 9, 2022

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