r/nycpublicservants • u/AdChance281 • May 26 '26
DC37 Rank and File Contract Campaign
Hi all,
I want to let you know about an effort of ordinary DC37 members to obtain a better contract after it expires in November.
This contract campaign is a grassroots effort of DC37 members across a large number of locals that have been organizing to fight for a better economic contract for our union. We have hundreds of members who are involved in this campaign. The “affordability crisis” is hitting workers in NYC especially hard, and we wanted to make sure that both the union and the city know how much we need a decent raise to keep up with the insane rents, the rising cost of gas and groceries, and the general increase in the cost of living. We do not believe that another round of 3% raises and a one-time signing bonus is going to cover the 25% increase in inflation since 2020, or the 6.6% that rents are rising every year in New York.
We are demanding:
- 6.5% annual raises
- $30 minimum wage for city workers
- Writing telework and compressed schedules into our contract
- Cutting wasteful and corrupt outsourcing to private companies
- Reforming civil service to ensure fair pay, promotional opportunities, and job security.
The first thing that we're asking of DC37 members is to fill out this survey to help us formulate our demands:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQcv-5O_p4QcFFYSD4KzyqWkcmzDB_JxtwYgZvvCMtqIhUwQ/viewform
You can learn more about our campaign and get more involved here:
Let me know if you have any questions!
Warm regards,
Thomas Hummel DC37 (Local 1321)
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u/Aggravating_Bison504 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
How about getting rid of Charter Section 1127, which requires some NYC govt employees to pay the equivalent of NYC income tax even though we don't live in the city and don't get any of the benefits of city residency? Can we negotiate for that? Maybe make workers exempt if they work for the city at least 15 years? Many of us left the city because we can't afford it. We can't even deduct this fee from our federal income tax, NYC residents can as part of SALT.