Beginning Monday, April 19 President Barber will host Office Hours for one hour from 12 to 1 pm.  

Office Hours will provide an environment where DC37 and Local 1482 updates can regularly be shared and discussed.  To maintain this focus on information-sharing, and to respect the time of our members, Office Hours will not be a space to raise personal issues or grievances.  

The intent is to provide this forum every Monday at 12 pm, but that may change based on attendance or scheduling.  We'll keep you posted about schedule changes.

The Zoom login for Office Hours is located below:

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All public-facing government workers are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  

Beginning today, DC 37 staff started making vaccination appointments directly on behalf of active members. 

If you need assistance making an appointment, please fill out this form and representative from DC37 will call you to schedule an appointment.  

This service is available only to currently active members of DC37, which includes all current members of Local 1482, Brooklyn Library Guild. The vaccine is completely free and no one will be charged for it.

Please find more information on the DC37 website on the union's efforts to help more of our members receive their vaccines.  

Earlier in the week, the Assembly and Senate of New York State agreed on a series of one-house budget resolutions.  By uniting their budget priorities, the Assembly and Senate  enters budget negotiations with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with bargaining power they have not had in recent years.  Among other issues, the one-house budget advocates for raising taxes on high-earners, and increased educational funding and COVID-19 relief.  

DC37 supports the one-house budget, and DC37 Executive Director Henry Garrido issued the following statement:  

STATEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HENRY GARRIDO ON NEW YORK STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ONE-HOUSE BUDGETS

“At a time that stands alone in New York’s history, we need leadership that puts people first. Now is not a time to cut jobs and put families out on the street. Now is not a time to cut funding for health care and risk public hospitals New Yorkers rely on. Now is not a time cut funding for public schools just as our children are going back into the classroom.

“The one-house budgets released restore funding that the Governor’s proposed Executive Budget senselessly cut and includes billions in new tax revenue proposals that our State desperately needs. They also include an Early Retirement Incentive – something that not only shows our essential workers the respect they deserve – but would also save thousands of jobs and create a pathway to civil service careers while unemployment in New York is at a rate not seen in recent history. I thank Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie for putting hardworking New Yorkers first.”

The state budget for the next fiscal year will be decided upon by April 1.

The Brooklyn Library Guild, Local 1482, raises our voices with our Asian-American union members and communities who are facing escalating racially-motivated attacks in our neighborhoods and throughout the country. Violence against city workers and those we proudly serve in this diverse city is against everything we stand for as union workers. 

​Although anti-Asian violence is not new, it has increased recently, and it must stop.  

United with AFSCME and Local,1321, Queens Library Guild, we join together to speak up for the rights of the Asian community to safely live, work, and learn in our city, in our state, in our country, and around the world. An injury to one is an injury to all!

In solidarity, a phrase we use frequently, but never lightly.

The next General Membership Meeting of Local 1482 is scheduled for Monday, February 1 at 7:00 pm.  It will be conducted on Zoom.  Local 1482 members are invited to fill out this RSVP form to register for the meeting. 

On Sunday evening, January 31st, we will email the Zoom login information to all Local 1482 members who submit the form.  We will also email the login information at 6:00 pm on February 1st to everyone who submits the form later on January 31st, and before 6:00 pm on February 1st.  

There is a PDF of the full Local 1482 meeting schedule for 2020-2021 available for members to print out and post it on the union bulletin boards in your work locations.  

It is with heavy hearts that we share with the membership that Eileen Muller passed away in Florida on January 19, 2021.  Eileen served as President of Local 1482 Brooklyn Library Guild from 2002 until her retirement in 2017.  Prior to stepping into the role as President, she served as the Local's Treasurer.

Eileen started her career at the library in 1995 as a Clerical Aide.  She earned a Bachelor's Degree through DC37's campus at the College of New Rochelle, which led to a position at the library as a Librarian Trainee, and eventually a Masters Degree in Library Science at Pratt.

Throughout her tenure, Eileen prioritized fighting for promotional opportunities for the members of Local 1482, and in 2006 she was awarded by the American Library Association for those efforts.

A viewing for Eileen will be held on Thursday, January 28 in Marine Park, and a funeral mass will be held on Friday, January 29.  Information on both the viewing and funeral is found here.  

Local 1482 will hold a Special Membership Meeting on Friday, January 15 at 7:00 pm.  It will include a discussion of members' concerns regarding the library's COVID-19 policies, as well as an opportunity to hear the special committee's report on Gender Inclusive Language.  

The meeting will be held over Zoom, and we invite members to RSVP via this form.  We will send the login information to those who respond in the evening on January 14.  For those who RSVP later on January 14, and before 6 pm on January 15, we will share the login information at 6 pm on January 15.  

The Election Committee reports that Vivian Parham won the Librarian Vice President runoff election over Catherine Skrzypek.  Of the votes received at the American Arbitration Association by the deadline of December 21, the tally was:

Vivian Parham: 111 votes
Catherine Skrzypek: 101 votes

The full Executive Board of Local 1482, and Delegates to DC37, for the 2020-2023 term can be found here.

Congratulations to all election winners, and thanks to all Executive Board officers and DC37 Delegates for your service!

At the General Membership Meeting held on December 7, the Election Committee shared a letter that summarized the results of the election for Local 1482 officers.  The winning candidates are listed in the document embedded below.  A runoff election for the office of Librarian Vice President will be conducted because no candidate received 50 percent of the votes submitted.

The runoff election for Librarian Vice President is between the top two candidates in the original election, Vivian Parham and Catherine Skrzypek.  Ballots were mailed out by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) to all eligible Local 1482 members on December 3.  Ballots must be received in the mail at AAA by December 21.

Members who do not receive a ballot by Wednesday, December 9 should phone the AAA as soon as possible.  The phone number is 212-484-4136.  The AAA will be able to verify you as a member of Local 1482 and resend your ballot. 

All questions about the runoff election should be directed to the Election Committee at local1482election@gmail.com.