Civil Service Merit Council

Sixteen month ago New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg and District Council 37 signed a contract which included changes in the residency law for municipal employees pending approval by the New Yo

Workers at the City University of New York Research Foundation finally won their battle to become unionized.

Health care costs are now an essential component of every negotiated union contract. Labor organizations are struggling as never before to protect member benefits.

Although the city council and Mayor Bloomberg agreed to add $5 million to increase the number of children enrolled in community-based city-funded day-care centers, the Department of Education refused

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The number one issue impacting on the quality of human services is the inability to recruit and retain a quality workforce because of low wages.

Numerous studies demonstrate that investing in quality early childhood education provides large benefits to children and communities.

The Department of Education pays an out-of-town management firm, The Gordian Group, 13.5% to hire contractors for school repairs and renovations.

On March 13, 2007, Governor Spitzer signed into law a bill that makes major changes in the workers’ compensation system. The law has changed for both medical care and money benefits.