Dc37 State Of The Union

Barbara Edmonds, DC 37 Director of Field Operations

Newsday Political Columnist Dan Janison talks about the midterms.

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride on the upcoming midterm elections.

Danny Homan, President of Iowa’s AFSCME Council 61; Eli Dvorkin, Editorial & Policy Director of the Center for an Urban Future.  

Former NY Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse and DC 37 Exec. Director Henry Garrido.  

On the next District Council 37 radio show: DC 37’s Dir. of Political Action Jeremy John  and Criminalist/Local 3005’s Christina Aligizakis  

DC 37 Health & Safety Dir. Veronica Foley on 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund & NYC Lifeguards Supervisors Local 508 Pres. Peter Stein on 2018 beach/pool season safety record.

DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido and NYC Dept. of Education Employees Local 372 Pres. Shaun D. Francois I discuss the need for more School Crossing Guards.

DC 37 Dir. of Community Partnerships Raul Rodriguez, Jon Forster of the DC 37 Climate Justice Committee talks about the Climate Justice March. Also, Newsday columnist Dan Janison on the Trump administration.  

Coalition of Labor Union Women of Missouri Vice-Pres. Cathy Sherwin on Missouri voters rejecting “Right to Work” & DC 37 Political Action Dir. Jeremy John on mid-term elections.

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride and former NY Daily News senior managing editor Stuart Marques. 

DC 37 Education Fund Administrator Diallo Shabazz on Fund’s new initiatives & “Dark Money” documentary director, Kimberly Reed, on untraceable corporate money corrupting politics.

DC 37 Director of Research and Negotiations, David Paskin, on the tentative contract negotiated with the city.

AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Roberta Lynch.  

May 16, 2018 City Council Parks Committee Chair Barry Grodenchik makes the case for baseline funding of 100 City Park Workers, 50 Gardeners and 50 Urban Park Ranger positions in the city’s 2019 budget. Journalist Tom Robbins discusses the Giuliani/Trump partnership. Show also aired on May 20, 2018

May 27, 2018 Local 1321 President John Hyslop discusses the need for more funding for public libraries in the city’s 2019 Budget. DC 37 Director of Field Operations Barbara Edmonds describes the union’s new initiative, the Women’s Leadership Academy. Show also aired on May 30, 2018.

Guests are City Council Public Housing Chair (and former DC 37 member) Alicka Ampry-Samuel and SSEU Local 371 Pres. Anthony Wells.

This week on District Council 37 radio: DC 37 Exec. Dir. Henry Garrido urges members to come to DC 37’s town hall meetings and engage him and other union leaders in conversation about the union’s future. Local 1549’s Vanessa Reed talks about her trials and tribulations which led to writing her book, “Red Storm”.

On the next District Council 37 radio show: Vanity Fair contributing editor David Margolick talks about his new book, “The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.” Uniformed EMS Officers Local 3621 Pres. Vincent Variale discusses recently passed State legislation that establishes a career ladder for his EMS members. Hosted by Chris Policano.

This week on District Council 37 radio: Vanity Fair contributing editor David Margolick talks about his new book, “The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.” Hosted by Chris Policano