For Freedom and Democracy, Tax the Rich

Local 768 and our DC 37 family marched in No Kings against layoffs of union workers, tax breaks for billionaires at the expense of working families, costly wars. 

We’re fighting for these priorities in Albany too. The Adams and Cuomo years have left us with a $5.4 billion budget gap, and we know we need to tax the ultra wealthy, so working New Yorkers can have the services we need.  Here are our DC37 2026 New York State Legislative Session Priorities:

• Fix Tier 6
• Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Tax Increases on the Ultra-wealthy
• 1.75% increase on the corporate tax rate
• Healthcare
• Worker Safety
• Immigration Justice

There’s more, too, from Criminal Justice Reform to Financial Justice and Equity and Supporting Social Workers. 

Contract Campaign

We had a great campaign launch meeting, and we’re looking forward to building our unity and strength in the coming months. 

1. Volunteer to form a “contract campaign committee” at your workplace to talk about bargaining priorities with coworkers. 
2. Spread the word about our petition to demonstrate membership support for our priorities.
3. Plan actions to escalate (ie button days, etc).

Let’s build our unity to win. Join us April 29, 2026, 7 pm for our next contract campaign meeting.

Congrats, NY Transit Museum Collective!

Congrats NY Transit Museum Collective, who won their NLRB election. Welcome to our union family!  🚇💚Follow @nytransitmuseum and @cwuafscme to support the workers as they bargain their first contract.  🚇💚

Our Benefits: Parental Leave Tips

Check out Local 768 TIPS for Parental Leave at Health + Hospitals and General - Local 768 TIPS for Parental Leave  by our Recording Secretary, Emily Iwamoto. Thanks Emily!

Join us! Upcoming meetings

Join us for these upcoming events:

• April 15, 7 pm, MAT/Stewards Committee: RSVP here. 
• April 28, 7 pm Financial meeting, register at: https://dc37portal.dc37.net/register
• April 29, 7 pm, Contract Campaign meeting
• May 20, 7 pm, MAT/Stewards Committee: https://www.local768.net/mat_20260520 
• June 3, 7 pm, General Membership Meeting: hybrid
• June 12-14 Labor Notes: https://labornotes.org/2026, and here.

Check out DC 37 news and events. See our Education Benefits, and register for classes today.

Save the Date: AFSCME Convention & Union Elections

This year’s AFSCME Convention is August 17 – 21, 2026 in Chicago. We’ll hold convention delegate nominations in June after our general membership meeting. This year is also our elections within our local, stay tuned for information about Nominations and our election in November.

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