The membership of Local 1482 is invited to a special meeting that will take place on Wednesday, March 22.  The only item on the agenda will be the proposed Economic Agreement reached last month between DC37 and the City.  The meeting will start at 7:00 pm and will be held on Zoom.

To have the Zoom login for the meeting emailed to you, you are invited to submit this RSVP form with your name and email address.  The login will be emailed to you on the evening of Tuesday, March 21st.  If you register later in the evening on March 21st or before 5 pm on March 22nd, we will email the login information to you at 5 pm on March 22nd.

President Barber will cover the terms of the Economic Contract at the meeting, the voting process to ratify, and members will be able to ask questions. Members are welcome to reach out to Ron Barber or Sylvia Quinones or members of the Executive Board at any time with questions they may have about the contract or completing their ballots.  

Envelopes with ratification ballots for the Economic Contract are being mailed to the home addresses of DC37 members, which includes the membership of Local 1482.  Ballots must be received at the American Arbitration Association, the independent organization conducting the contract vote, no later than 9 am on March 31st.  Members of Local 1482 are encouraged to mail in their ballots as soon as they can.

On February 17, 2023, DC37 announced it had reached an agreement with the City for a 5-year economic contract covering May 26, 2021 to November 6, 2026.  The contract was endorsed by the DC37 Delegate Assembly on February 28.  Ballots will now be mailed to DC37 members to vote on contact, which includes all eligible members of Local 1482 (there are a small number of titles in Local 1482 whose economic bargaining is owned by other unions).

The American Arbitration Association (AAA), an independent organization, is conducting the vote on the contract.  AAA began to mail envelope packages containing ballots to members' home addresses on March 10, and members can expect to receive them by March 17, so check your mailboxes.  Completed ballots need to be received at AAA no later than 9 am on March 31.  Please reach out to Ron Barber, Sylvia Quinones, or any member of the Executive Board if you do not receive a ballot in the mail.  

The terms of the economic contract can be found on the DC37 website.  It calls for 3% pay increases in the first four years and 3.25% in the last year. The five-year, five-month and 12-days agreement provides a 16.21% pay increase compounded, including retroactive pay, and a $3,000 signing bonus upon ratification. Retroactive pay kicks in from the first day of the proposed deal.

You can see an estimated amount of retroactive pay you may receive by entering your pre-tax income into DC37's Retroactive Pay Calculator.

Other highlights of the proposed contract include establishing a committee to explore remote work, raising the minimum wage of all DC37 members to $18 an hour, establishing a Child Care Trust Fund, and maintaining premium-free healthcare plans.  

Many apologies about last night's notice about February's General Membership meeting.  The text, which included the link to request an email with the Zoom login information disappeared at some point after posting it, leaving only the image.  We are pursuing how this happened with Weebly, the platform we use for this site  

We are posting a new notice here, which will generate another email alert, which will include the link to the registration form.

The next General Membership Meeting of Local 1482 will take place on Monday, February 6th at 7 pm.  It will be conducted on Zoom.  To have the login information emailed to you, you are invited to submit this RSVP form.  Email with the Zoom login will be sent to you on Sunday evening.  For those who submit the form later on Sunday night or before 5 pm on Monday, you will be emailed the login information on Monday at 5 pm.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience and confusion this has caused.  Thank you for your patience, and we are looking forward to Monday night's meeting.

Local 1482 members are invited to visit the Central Library on Tuesday, December 13 to learn about your Union benefits and have any questions you may have answered.  

The meeting will take place in the Info Commons Lab from 12:00-2:00 pm.  Pizza and refreshments will be available.  From 2:00 to 3:00 pm President Ron Barber will move to a smaller room in the Info Commons and will continue to meet with members who drop in.

Stop by and discover the benefits that are available to all Local 1482 members, and find out how you can make the most of them.

The December General Membership Meeting of Local 1482 will be held on Monday, December 5th at 7 pm.  It will be conducted virtually over Zoom.

To have the login emailed to you, you are invited to submit this RSVP form.  We will email the Zoom login in the evening on December 4th.  We'll email it at 5pm on December 5th to those who register later in the evening on December 4th or before 5 pm on December 5th.

A PDF of all Local 1482 meetings for 2022-23 is located ​here.  

Ron Barber has been named one of 2022's Leaders of Labor, a distinction that recognizes individuals who have had an impact on workers rights in New York City.  On September 15, Ron attended an event  sponsored by Schneps Media and Metro Health Plus to honor the 2022 honorees.  Congratulations, Ron!  Visit the Leaders of Labor website to learn more about Ron and all of the honorees. 

Our first General Membership Meeting of 2022-23 is scheduled on Monday, October 3rd at 7:00 pm, and we invite you to join us!  The meeting will be conducted over Zoom.

To have the Zoom login information emailed to you, please submit an RSVP form.  We will email respondents the evening of October 2nd.  If you submit the form later in the evening on October 2nd, or before 5 pm on October 3rd, we will email the login information to you at 5 pm on October 3rd.

Please print out the 2022-23 Local 1482 meeting schedule and display it on the union bulletin boards in your work locations.  

We look forward to communing with the membership of Local 1482 next Monday!

As DC37 prepares to enter negotiations with the City for a new economic contract, members are invited to add their voices to a contract rally on Wednesday, June 15th at 5 pm in Foley Square in Manhattan.  Come out with your friends, colleagues, and family to say that city workers are essential workers and that we deserve a fair contract.  Please wear your green DC37 shirts and hats if you have them.  

DC37 has also prepared a contract survey where members can share their priorities for a new economic contract.  Responses will be accepted through June 14th.

The next General Membership Meeting of Local 1482 will be on Monday, June 6 at 7:00 pm.  The meeting will be held virtually on Zoom. To have the login information emailed to you, please submit this RSVP form.  We will send you an email on Sunday, June 5th with the Zoom login for the meeting.  For those who register for the meeting later on June 5th or before 5 pm on June 6th, we will email the login information to you at 5 pm on June 6th.

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On Wednesday, May 25th Local 1482 held an in-person meeting at the Central Library to elect four delegates to attend the AFSCME International Convention in Philadelphia in July.  Local 1482 is allowed to send five delegates to the convention.  President Ron Barber is an automatic delegate, and the other four are elected.  The delegates who came out on top in Wednesday's election are:

• Rakisha Kearns-White
• Ann Joseph
• Djaz Zulida
• David Jules

Many thanks to members who came out to participate in the election.  Congratulations to our delegates, we hope you find the experience of attending the convention to be rewarding and empowering!