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Leonard
Allen, President, Local 2021 In his 10 years as president of Off-Track Betting Corp. Employees
Local 2021, Leonard Allen has achieved a continuing victory against recurring
attacks by the forces of privatization. Colleen
Carew-Rogers Carmen
Charles President, Local 420 Carmen Charles began her employment with the city as a Nurse’s Aide at Coler-Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island. In 1987 she became shop steward for her chapter of Municipal Hospital Employees Local 420 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the chapter’s vice chair in 1992; the local’s vice president in 1999. Leading the Workers 4 Workers slate, Charles was elected local president in 2002. She has successfully negotiated upgrades for members and made the local more financially accountable. She encourages greater union activism and strives to empower members through education. Ms. Charles recently graduated from the Union Leadership Program at Cornell University’s Institute of Industrial and Labor Relations. Santos
Crespo Vice President, Local 372 Santos Crespo served as a shop steward for Local 372 for 10 years and as a grievance rep in the DC 37 Schools Division. He spent a year and a half working on the organizing drive in Puerto Rico undertaken by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, DC 37’s national union. AFSCME successfully organized thousands of Social Workers and Corrections Officers into Servidores Publicos Unidos Concilio 95. In 1999, Crespo was elected as Local 372’s Executive Vice President. He is also a delegate to DC 37. He served as president of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and is currently a member of its Executive Board.
Sirra
Crippen President, Local 1507 Sirra Crippen is president of Gardeners and Assistant Gardeners
Local 1507, which represents about 100 members in the Parks Dept. She is the youngest
local president elected to the DC 37 Executive Board. Michael
DeMarco Cuthbert
Dickenson President, Local 374 Cuthbert Dickenson was elected president of Quasi-Public Employees Local 374 in 2002 after serving as a chapter chair and DC 37 Delegate for 10 years. He chairs the DC 37 Citizenship/Immigration Committee, is a trustee of the New York Public Library Health and Security Trust, and is a member of the DC 37 Caribbean Heritage Committee and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. “This union has delivered more social and economic gains for members than any institution,” said Dickenson, who will graduatefrom Cornell University’s Labor Leadership program in July. “We must continue to be proactive rather than reactionary. We want to protect and improve our job security, retirement system and benefits for all members.” Alfred
Edwards President, Local 1759 Except for 15 years in military service, Alfred Edwards has virtually always been a union man. He worked four years as a Sanitation Enforcement Agent in the Communications Workers Union before becoming a Consumer Affairs Inspector in 1993 and joining DC 37. Now in his third term as president of Consumer Affairs Inspectors Local 1759, he has pushed for promotional exams and retirement improvements. “Ever since I’ve worked for the city, I have been involved in the union,” said Edwards, who studied criminal justice at John Jay College. “It’s very important to be represented and have the protection that unions give,” Edwards said. “The union is all about unity and change.”
Charles
Farrison President, Local 1797 Charles Farrison, president of Custodial Supervisors Local 1797
since 1996, is a member of the DC 37 Laws and Rules Committee and the Labor Management
Committee at the City University of New York. Claude
Fort Michael
Hood President, Local 1505 Michael Hood was a shop steward for four years before being elected president of Attendants, Park Service Workers, City Park Workers and Debris Removers Local 1505, whose 1,000 members work in parks and recreation facilities citywide. Now in his second term on the Executive Board, Hood chairs the union’s Parks Policy Committee, which examines department issues and policies that affect members from several locals. Hood is an Education Fund trustee, a member of the Finance Committee, and an activist in the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. “DC 37 is not just an organization, but an organism alive with ideas,” said Hood. “Working with our officers, I am confident we will make improvements.” Morris
Johnson Local 154 Morris Johnson embodies the civil service system’s noble purpose of providing immigrants and minorities with a gateway to the middle class. In 1978, Johnson left his home in Monrovia, Liberia, to travel to New York City. Here, he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Medgar Evers College, joined the city workforce in 1990 and became a U.S. citizen. Now he is a Claims Specialist and chair of the Corporation Counsel and Housing Authority Chapter of Local 154. Johnson pushes for civil service exams so co-workers can become permanent employees with promotional opportunities. Johnson says he will be a passionate voice behind Executive Director Lillian Robert’s drive for civil service improvements.
David
Moog President, Local 1757 With 20 years as a city worker, City Assessor 4 David Moog is
serving his second term as president of Assessors, Appraisers and Mortgage Analysts
Local 1757. Eileen
Muller Walthene
Primus President, Local 957 Walthene Primus, president of Housing Authority Clerical Employees Local 957, was first elected to the Executive Board in 2002 and was re-elected in 2007. A member of the DC 37 Laws and Rules Committee, the Ethical Practices Committee, and chair of the Women’s Committee, Primus also serves on the Women’s Advisory Committee of AFSCME and the AFL-CIO Rehabilitation Committee. She brings to DC 37 almost three decades of experience in the HA. “While Local 957 faces federal cuts, I’m proud to say we are winning the battle. We’ve lobbied legislators to restore funds, and we have strong support from our members, who work for and are residents of NYCHA,” she said. Darryl
Ramsey President, Local 768 Darryl Ramsey, president of Health Services Employees Local 768, became a union activist in 1993. He was appointed as chief shop steward at Kings County Hospital in 1994 and a Grievance Rep in 1997. In 2003 he was elected president. “I continue to focus on improving the participation of the members in their union,” said Ramsey. “I’ve stressed to the members the importance of shop steward training, attending union meetings and joining committees. The strength of the union depends on the active participation of the rank-and-file members.” Mr. Ramsey is also a member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the DC 37 Political Action Committee and the Save Our Safety Net Coalition.
Eddie
Rodriguez President, Local 1549 Eddie Rodriguez grew up in Spanish Harlem and Washington Heights,
where his mother raised six children and his father worked as a hotel maintainer. Jackie
Rowe-Adams Kevin
D. Smith President, Local 1655 Kevin D. Smith, president of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Clerical-Administrative Employees Local 1655, began his union activism in 1984 as a shop steward and served for five years as the local’s secretary. In Sept. 2005 he was elected president of the local. Mr. Smith is on DC 37’s Political Action Screening Committee, the Pension Committee and the Credentials Committee. His recent appointment as chair of the PEOPLE Committee and the DC 37 Black History Committee added new excitement to this year’s programs. As president of the local he has helped establish 12 new internal committees and created a Website. The local has also assisted Katrina victims who live in New York by providing them with Metro cards. Cleveland
Terry President, Local 1559 Cleveland Terry, an Assistant Maintainer at the American Museum of Natural History, has been a member of Local 1559 for 11 years. His union activism began when he became a shop steward. In that position, he helped establish the Crew Leader title. He then become vice president of the local before being elected president in November 2005. “I enjoy serving the members and helping them identify issues for contract bargaining and working conditions issues that we can take immediate action to improve,” said Terry. He’s excited to be joining the board. “I’m eager to join the team and be part of the great vision that Lillian Roberts has for this union.”
John
Townsend President, Local 376 John Townsend grew up in Brooklyn, the son of a union man who
worked for “Ma Bell.” James
Tucciarelli Esther
(Sandy) Tucker President, Local 384 In 1968, Esther (Sandy) Tucker was a provisional employee at City College. One test later, she had a career as a civil servant. Putting one of her union benefits to work, she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Always an activist, Tucker began her union career as a shop steward in 1989. In 1999, she was elected president of Local 384, City University of New York & Educational Opportunity Center employees. Her first term on the DC 37 Executive Board began in 2000. She chaired the DC 37 PEOPLE Committee for five years. The young woman from Virginia who started out to become a physical education teacher took a different, albeit satisfying road, she said. Shirley
A. Williams President, Local 1219 Shirley A. Williams brings years of experience as a union activist and powerful voice for her co-workers to the DC37 Executive Board. The president of Real Estate Employees Local 1219 is a native of South Carolina. She began her career with the city at the Dept. of Employment in 1972. She decided to emulate the example of her mentor, the late Local 1219 President James Cobb, and got involved in her local in 1990, first as a DC 37 delegate. Williams was elected vice president of Local 1219 in June 2005 and in Sept. 2006, she became president. Now, as a member of the District Council 37 Executive Board, she’s “honored to be part of making history at DC 37.”
Stuart
Leibowitz President, DC 37 Retirees Association DC 37 Retirees
Association President Stuart Leibowitz helped expand the membership to 26,000.
He helped win full reimbursement for Medicare Part B deductions from retirees’
pension checks and a permanent pension cost-of-living adjustment. Currently, the
association is fighting for surviving spouses of retirees to keep their health
coverage.
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