At the DC 37 Delegates Council meeting
on Jan. 28, nominations will be taken and elections will be
held for five vice president positions on the District Council
37 Executive Board.
The spots were created by an amendment to the DC 37 Constitution
that expanded the board from 20 to 25 vice presidents.
Executive Director Lillian Roberts, who originally proposed
the change, said that enlarging the board would broaden
and strengthen our democracy within District Council 37.
The Delegates passed the amendment in September, and Gerald
W. McEntee, president of DC 37s national union, the American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, approved
it in October. The amendment also added the president of the
Retirees Association to the board as a non-voting member.
In the special election Jan. 28, only delegates from local unions
whose membership is less than 5 percent of DC 37s entire
membership can nominate and vote on the new vice presidents.