LOCAL 3599 represents over 300 New York City Department of Environmental Protection technical and professional employees who work throughout the upstate communities of the NYC watershed. We are responsible for the critical mission of ensuring the delivery of the world's most precious resource to the residents and visitors of New York City.
Local 3599 received a special presentation for Life Insurance and other options for union members during the General Membership meeting on February 7th, 2024. Please use the contact informat
The rules around overtime and comptime can be confusing. To boil it down, we have compiled the rules below. The most important thing to know is whether your title is covered (C) by the Fair Labor
As the year comes to a close, I am celebrating the incredible surge of worker activism in 2023. Current and future members of AFSCME and many other unions were in the streets, on the picket lines, and at the bargaining table demanding fairness and respect. I want to also take a moment to recognize and celebrate some of the most inspiring activists in our AFSCME family: AFSCME retirees.
A recent Treasury Department report titled, “Labor Unions and the Middle Class,” was the subject of a conversation at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) that highlighted the role of unions in making the economy stronger.
