At their July 1st meeting the SSEU Local 371 Executive Board agreed to recommend to the Delegate Assembly for endorsement the following candidates:
William Thompson for Mayor

This year's Labor Day Parade will be held September 12 with DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts as the Grand Marshall and DC 37 Locals leading the parade.

The City Council is scheduled to vote June 19 to approve a budget that restores $3 million to the Administration for Children's Services for personnel. The wording of the budget is " This allocation partially restores funding for averting some layoffs proposed in the Fiscal 2010 Preliminary Budget." No further details are available at this time as to the exact impact of this restoration.

Health Benefits Bargaining between the City and the Municipal Labor Committee ended with an agreement on June 2 that put off layoffs of all permanent competitive and non-competitive workers for three months. Layoffs had been scheduled for June 26. The City pledged to send letters to individual workers who are not being laid off at this time. Special transfer lists have been put on hold. The MLC stabilization fund is footing the $20 million price tag for the delay.

In an agreement on savings in health care, the MLC agreed to HIP Co-pays that would go into effect August 1 as follows:

The procedure in case of layoffs: There must be an official 30-day notice in a meeting with the Union. At this meeting the City will give the Union a list of workers who are “at risk” of layoff. After the meeting the City will send these workers an “at risk” letter. Fifteen days before a layoff, a worker will get an official letter with notification they are being laid off and a date. In between the 30-day notice and the 15-day notice the Union will continue trying to lessen the number of layoffs, challenge seniority lists, deal with hardships, vacancies, bumping and many other issues.