Public Employee Press

Newest DC 37 VPs are Faye Moore and Peter Stein

Two new vice presidents have been elected to the Executive Board of District Council 37 — Faye Moore, the president of Social Service Employees Union Local 371, and Peter Stein, the president of Lifeguard Supervisors Local 508.

Stein was elected Nov. 25 by the combined delegates of all the locals that do not individually include 5 percent of the DC 37 membership.

Local 371’s DC 37 delegates unanimously elected Moore at the June meeting of the Delegates Council.
Under DC 37’s constitution, because they each represent 5 percent or more of the total membership, locals 371, 372, 375, 420 and 1549 elect their own vice presidents.

Both elections were run by the American Arbitration Association under the supervision of the DC 37 Election Committee, which is chaired by Lenora Gates of Local 1549 and includes Deborah Lane of Local 384 and Joe Puleo of Local 983.

Longest serving local president
DC 37’s longest serving local president, Stein has been a city employee since 1964 and Local 508 president since 1977. He fills the Executive Board vacancy created by the death of former Local 1655 President Kevin Smith.

Stein, who served on the Executive Board from 2000 to 2002, is an assertive champion of the workers he calls the “first responders who patrol New York City’s public beaches and pools.”

Last year, working with Research and Negotiations Director Dennis Sullivan and staff, he helped recoup about $200,000 in longevity and retroactive pay for members of Local 508 and Lifeguards Local 461. On election days, Stein and hundreds of Lifeguards and Supervisors can be counted on to volunteer with the DC37 Green Machine to support union-endorsed candidates.

Moore, a veteran of many struggles to protect jobs in the constantly threatened social services sector, is known as an aggressive advocate of workers’ rights.

She began her city career as a clerical employee in 1980 and later became a Caseworker in the Bureau of Child Welfare. In 1994, Local 371 members elected her vice president for grievances and legal services, where she supervised a staff of 11 and managed the local’s legal cases.

Moore represented the local on the District Council 37 Executive Board in 2004 and was elected SSEU Local 371 president in April after longtime president Charles Ensley retired.