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Every year, unions from throughout the City march down 5th Avenue to show their commitment to protecting the hard-fought rights of workers all over the country.  This year, the parade is on Saturday, September 10.  DC 37 members will assemble at 11:30 a.m. at Sector VI, which is located on 48th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.  T-Shirts, snacks and thundersticks will be handed out at the site.  This year, Local 1482 will march together with our fellow Library locals, Local 1930 and Local 1321 under the same banner! Let's make a strong showing for the libraries!  Look for us on 48th Street and join in!  Here is a link for a flyer.  Print it out and post it on the union bulletin boards in your workrooms.

Local 1482 President Eileen Muller sends the following remarks on the budget resolution voted upon by the City Council on June 29, 2011.  (More...)

Thousands of our DC37 brothers and sisters are heading to City Hall Park to make it loud and clear to Mayor Bloomberg that cutting city services and curbing the rights of workers is unacceptable!  The Fightback Rally begins at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14 at City Hall.  DC 37 will hand out t-shirts at all points of entry.  Get together with your co-workers and join the sea of green!

PLEASE NOTE: BPL has agreed to grant Excused Time to all members who attend the Fightback Rally. 

 

The Brooklyn Library Guild has joined forces with the the Queens Library Guild, the New York Public Library Guild, and Local 374 Quasi-Public Employees to fund and place a newspaper ad that offers a stark illustration of what may happen if the mayor's proposed budget cuts become a reality.  The ad will run on Monday, June 13 in the free commuter newspapers Metro and am New York, and will also run in community newspapers throughout the five boroughs. 

You can find a pdf of the ad here.  Print out copies to display and hand out at your advocacy events. 

 

Come out with your families to relax and have fun (and eat!) alongside your brothers and sisters in Local 1482!  Our annual picnic is will be held on Sunday, June 12, from 11:00 to 5:00 in Prospect Park.  It is in a different location in the park this year.  You'll find us just inside the entrance to the Long Meadow, which is also the entrance closest to the front steps of the Central Library.

All members of Local 1482 and their families are invited.  There will be games, prizes, giveaways, and lots of laughs.  Here is a flyer that you can print out and share with your fellow members.

If you have any quetions, please send an e-mail to local1482@gmail.com.  Come on out and join us!

The June General Membership Meeting has been moved - the new date is TUESDAY MAY 31.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and Councimembers Vincent Gentile and James VanBramer, are sponsoring New York City Library Day in City Hall Park on Wednesday, April 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Come join the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library to kick off National Library Week, and to show your support for the City's three library systems. BPL's very own band, Lost in the Stacks, will be there rocking out, and there will  be a performance by Queens Library's band, Dewey and the Decimals. Library supporters can also have their pictures taken with NYPL's Lion. Come and join the fun if you can, and invite your patrons to take the trip into the City to support the libraries. You can find a flyer here to publicize Library Day in your work locations.

Two of the staunchest library supporters on the City Council will be our special guests at the April General Membership meeting on April 5. Come out and meet Vincent Gentile (Brooklyn) and James VanBramer (Queens), and bring your questions about the the City's budget situation and how it may impact the libraries.

This will be a valuable opportunity for our members to find out about upcoming budget negotiations from a couple of Council insiders. We very much encourage you to attend, and we hope you will spread the word among Local 1482 members in your work locations.

To help get the word out, we are attaching two PDF flyers (black and white and color) that you may print out and post on the union bulletin boards in your work locations. Please note, that you should not use library printers to print out union materials.

Go to the Calendar section of local1482.org to find information about the time and location of the meeting. See you on April 5!

On March 24, Local 1482 President Eileen Muller testified in front of the City Council Committee that oversees library issues about the Mayor's proposed 8% cut to libraries in his Fiscal Year 2012 Preliminary Budget. Click here to view President Muller's complete testimony.

Video featuring DC 37 President Lillian Roberts and AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders invites members to fight back against attacks on public employees.

Here's Local 1482's new web page!  Hello to all - at last we have a new web page for our local. We just got all the approvals and passwords so there's not much content yet, but the Calendar now has the upcoming General Membership meeting dates! We'll be adding information as fast as we can!