DC 37 - Key Persons
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- Chairman
- Member of the Leadership Team
- President
- President of SSEU Local 371, Views the Executive Board As a Platform to Solidify the Union 's Role As a Leading Progressive Political Force in the City.
- President, SSEU Local 371
Anthony Wells, president of SSEU Local 371, views the Executive Board as a platform to solidify the union's role as a leading progressive political force in the city.
"It is vital that we educate, organize and mobilize our members. The members and locals must be empowered to use their collective voice and energy to strengthen the union," he said.
Wells, a graduate of Baruch College, Stony Brook University and New York Law School, was elected president of Local 371 in 2011. His background includes negotiating, organizing, research and pensions. He chairs the DC 37 Civil Service Committee, and he is a co-chair of the Municipal Labor Committee.
Wells began his civil service career in 1980 as a Caseworker at the Spofford Juvenile Center in the Bronx. In 1983, he transferred to the Bureau of Child Welfare. In 1988, he started working as an organizer for Local 371.
Meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday of the Month (except July and August). Until further notice, all meetings will be virtual.
Meetings scheduled as required. Contact your Local President for more information.
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- President, Local 1113 / Co - Chair
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- Chairman
- President, Local 1359
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- Chairman
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chairman of the DC 37 Political Action Committee
- Executive V.P. Local 372
- Executive Vice President of Local 372 since 2014, Was Elected to His First Term on the DC 37 Executive Board in January
Nesbit's career at the New York City Dept. of Education began in 1998 as a Sr. School Lunch Helper at P.S. 299. Five years later he was promoted to Assistant Cook at P.S. 274 and the following year he was named Cook in Charge (S.L.A.) at Acorn High School for Social Justice, where he worked for nine years. A union shop steward, Nesbit helped defend coworkers' rights. Local 372 members elected Nesbit the chapter Secretary of Local 372's Monthly/Annual School Lunch Employees in 2011.
"The union needs people who care involved in leadership positions to better meet the many challenges our members face," Nesbit said. "My ultimate goal is to preserve our rights, and to protect members at every level against the onslaught of attacks by the Conservative Right and apathetic voices."
Nesbit served as coordinator ad vice chair of Local 372's Next Wave Committee and is a Local 372 delegate. He lobbies tirelessly in Washington D.C. for children to have greater access to healthy food in public schools and in underserved neighborhoods. In 2017 Universal Feeding became a reality.
"I am soldier in labor's fight for democracy, collective bargaining, free speech and the right each worker has to participate in a union," Nesbit said. "No one should be left out. Everyone's view must be considered."
Nesbit is the Chair of the DC 37 Political Action Committee, a trustee of the Board of Education Retirement System (BERS), a member of LACLA, the Latino labor advocacy group, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and is an executive committee member of the New York Chapter of the NAACP.
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- Executive Director
- Member of the Officers Team
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- President, Local 3005
- President, Local 3005 / Co - Chair
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- Secretary, District Council 37
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- Chairman
- President, Local 983
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- Chairman
- President, Local 154
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- Chairman
- President, Local 2627
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Foreman of the Steinhardt Conservatory at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- President, Local 374
Leonard Paul is foreman of the Steinhardt Conservatory at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and is president of Local 374 Quasi-Public Employees, one of the locals within the cultural institutions of New York City. Local 374 members work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Queens Botanic Garden, Wave Hill Public Gardens, New York Public Library, and Cary Institute for Eco Systems Studies. Local 374 represents approximately 530 members.
Paul has been part of the labor movement for almost 29 years, rising through the ranks of Local 374 from shop steward and chapter chair to become vice president and now president. "Labor is in my bloodstream. My main objective is to advocate for better wages, secured health benefits, a good pension plan, and better support systems for all members of my local. While unions have been under extreme pressure from the right, it has made my resolve even stronger to be more proactive in the labor movement," he said.
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- President
- President, Local 1407
- Treasurer, District Council 37
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- President, Local 1655
Magaly Rosario was elected for the first time to serve as a vice president on the DC 37 Executive Board in January.
"I am very open to the challenges we will face at DC 37 and in the labor movement and I will do my part to foster growth, improvement, and strengthen the solidarity of our mighty union," Rosario said.
Magaly Rosario was elected for the first time to serve as a vice president on the DC 37 Executive Board in January.
"I am very open to the challenges we will face at DC 37 and in the labor movement and I will do my part to foster growth, improvement, and strengthen the solidarity of our mighty union," Rosario said.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- President, Local 1455
Meetings scheduled as required. The committee reviews and makes a report to the Delegates Council for the recommendation on seating of all delegates according to the DC 37 Constitution.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair
- President, Local 375
Meetings scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Contact your Local President for more information.
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- VP for Political Action, Local 371
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- Chairman
- Member of the Leadership Team
- President, Local 508
- Vice President of the DC 37 Executive Board
Peter Stein was re-elected a vice president of the DC 37 Executive Board. A unionist for more than 50 years, Stein serves as president of NYC Lifeguard Supervisors Local 508. He chairs the DC 37 Laws and Rules Committee, and serves on the union's Pension Committee, the Political Action Committee and is a trustee of the Welfare Fund.
Stein is an indefatigable fighter on the frontlines of the labor movement. His members and the City Lifeguards they supervise are unsung heroes and "first responders who patrol New York City's public beaches and pools."
Under Stein's leadership, the local has made union organizing and participation, and political action priorities. One hundred percent of the members of Locals 461 and 508 have signed green cards enrolling them as DC 37 members despite the anti-union Janus decision by the US Supreme Court in 2018.
"Political action is labor's battle ground," Stein said. "If we are to achieve economic victories and social justice for our members, political activism is essential," Stein said. On primary and election days, Stein volunteers with hundreds of City Lifeguards and Supervisors to support labor-friendly candidates that DC 37 endorses. He said, "The ballot box is where we show our strength as a union."
Meetings scheduled as required. The committee reviews and makes recommendations on proposed amendments to the DC 37 constitution.
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- President, Retirees Association
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- President, DC 37 Retirees Association
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- Chairman
- President, District Council 37