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Executive Board and General Membership Meetings
All meetings are held at
DC 37 Headquarters,
125 Barclay Street,
New York, N.Y. 10007
January 26, 2012
Executive Board
4 pm Local Office.
General Membership
5 pm Room 7.
March 22, 2012
Executive Board
4 pm Local Office.
General Membership
5 pm Room 7.
May 24, 2012
Executive Board
4pm Local Office.
General Membership
5 pm Room 7.
September 27, 2012
Executive Board
4 pm Local Office.
General Membership
5 pm Room 7.
October 25, 2012
Executive Board
4 pm Local Office.
General Membership
5 pm Room 7.
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News
Contracting IN beats contracting out
EXPIRED: Privatized parking meters
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TDMs, from left, Michael Dolce, James Minnelli and Vinnie Orellano secure newly installed munimeter to sidewalk.
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By DIANE S. WILLIAMS
The Traffic Device Maintainers of Local 1455 are giving on-street parking a major facelift by replacing single-space parking meters with solar-powered muni-meters.
"We are always ready to work with the Dept. of Transportation to complete any assignment," said Local President Mike DeMarco, whose members will install, calibrate and maintain 13,000 multi-space muni-meters citywide. The job is moving rapidly toward its completion in 2012. "Anytime TDMs have been asked, we've always stepped up to the plate," DeMarco said. "That's why we didn't want to see this work contracted out - we knew we could get the job done for the city." Read entire article.
Union and city open contract talks
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The union met with the city on Nov. 10 in the opening of bargaining talks at DC 37 headquarters. The union called
for a “fair, reasonable and livable” wage increase.
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By GREGORY N. HEIRES
District Council 37 and the city opened bargaining Nov. 10 on a new economic agreement for 100,000 members. The union presented its demand for a "fair, reasonable and livable" wage increase, and the city responded with its proposal. Read entire article.
Pension investment reform
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During a Nov. 9 visit to District Council 37, New York City Comptroller John C. Liu discussed the proposal for the joint management of the investments of the city's five pension plans with the union's executive board. On his left are DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts and
DC 37 President Eddie Rodriguez.
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By GREGORY N. HEIRES
Investment management for the city's five pension systems would be coordinated under an agreement announced Oct. 27 by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Comptroller John C. Liu and municipal unions. A new pension investment board would oversee the investments of the funds, which currently manage investments separately with their own boards and consultants. Read entire article.
DC 37 celebrates Italian Heritage
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DC 37 Exec. Dir. Lillian Roberts, the Italian Heritage Comm., local officers and members celebrate at this
year's dinner dance. The theme of the festivities on
Oct. 22 was a Venetian carnival.
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By JANE LaTOUR
At the 16th annual Italian Heritage Dinner Dance on Oct. 22, Committee Chair Michael DeMarco, the president of Traffic Employees Local 1455, described the event as an occasion to "celebrate with pride the many accomplishments of hard-working Italians and Italian Americans. We honor their strength, their idealism and the many contributions they have made to this country." Read entire article.
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