UPDATE ON TELEWORKING

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April 14, 2024: We have updated the list as of today to include all agencies that have approved telework programs in place for Local 1180 members. If you have questions about telework at your agency, please contact the Staff Rep listed next to each agency. Click on the Staff Rep name to send a direct email.

Nov. 13, 2023: We are in the process of working with various agencies participating in the new telework program. A few agencies already have submitted their policies and list of eligible members to the Mayor’s Office of Labor Relations (OLR), which is the starting point. Once OLR provides approval, that information is then sent to Local 1180 for review.

Local 1180 needs to make sure all members eligible for the program are on the submitted telework list. At that point, after a discussion with the agency, we approve the agency’s list. The agency involved will provide a start date for remote work. Each agency determines the work-from-home days based on their needs.

Please note that not everyone will be eligible to telework as some jobs do not allow for this type of arrangement and some agencies are not participating in the program. We are currently working with NYCHA to implement telework for our members.

As of now, we have received 34 agency lists and are working with OLR on final confirmations. Again, please remember that it is up to each individual agency to determine a telework start date. That is not determined by Local 1180.

When the Union and the agency agree, confirmation is sent to OLR and a letter will come from the agency to each eligible employee for remote work on the start date. Please be patient as we must go through each individual agency to confirm eligibles. H+H is drafting a policy and has not started remote work yet, even for DC 37. We will follow DC 37 immediately after their agreement with H+H is finalized.

Never a More Important Time to Vote Than Nov. 5

We've given you background information on both Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. We've explained the Equal Rights Amendment resolution that will be on the ballot and why it's so important to vote YES. And we've listed our endorsed candidates in Congress, and the state Senate and Assembly.

I would be remiss at this point if I didn't recap our special election coverage and talk about the importance of voting. While we all know that voting is a fundamental right, I just cannot stress enough the importance of voting in this election.

While all elections are important in determining who will be your next political leaders, no election in recent history is as important as this presidential election on Nov. 5. When I say the future of our country is at stake, I am not overexaggerating one bit. We have already had one go-round with Donald Trump as president, so we know how dangerous this man can actually be.

After claiming that Joe Biden and the Democrats stole the election from him four years ago, no one can forget the Jan. 6, 2021, riots in Washington, D.C. as Congress was meeting to certify those results that resulted in a violent and heavily armed mob of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol. While lawmakers and staff were quickly ushered to secure locations or barricaded behind doors, the rioters pushed past severely outnumbered Capitol police, breaking windows and vandalizing offices, leaving five people dead.

That Trump-incited mob attack was an attack not just on the U.S. Capitol building, but also on our American democracy and our election process.

Is this the man you want back in the Oval Office running our country? There are so many negatives when talking about the man I refer to as #45 that it would be impossible to list them all.

However, for the sake of space, and probably my sanity, here are the highlights that should help anyone sitting on the fence to make a wise voting decision:

• Trump has made increasing the power of corporations over working people his top priority.
• He is extremely anti-union, encouraging freeloaders and making it more difficult to enforce collective bargaining agreements, silencing workers, and restricting the freedom to join a union.
• During his presidency, Trump packed the courts with anti-labor judges who have made the entire public sector “right to work for less” in an attempt to financially weaken unions.
• He stacked the National Labor Relations Board with anti-union appointees who side with employers in contract disputes and support companies who delay and stall union elections, and misclassify workers to take away their freedom to join a union.
• Trump made it easier for employers to fire or penalize workers who speak up for better pay and working conditions or exercise the right to strike.
• He promised to veto the PRO Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, historic legislation that will reverse decades of legislation meant to crush private sector unions and shift power away from CEOs to workers.
• Trump has restricted overtime pay, opposed wage increases, and gutted health and safety protections.
• He changed the rules about who qualifies for overtime pay, making more than 8 million workers ineligible and costing them more than $1 billion per year in lost wages.
• He has encouraged outsourcing and offshoring.

There's more. So much more. But I think, and hope, you get the point. Trump is a danger to America and a definite danger to organized labor. He has made it very clear that he stands on the side of businesses and corporations and not with the working middle-class. While Trump claims to be pro-worker, his record says he’s anti-union.

You've heard it a million times, but it's true, and it's worth repeating a million more right up until election day. This is the most important election of your life. To the unregistered, it's time to register and stand up for your rights. To the younger generation, this is about your future. To union members, this is about your ability to remain part of a union that has the ability to continue fighting for its members. To those in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, this is about your ability to help your children and grandchildren while still being able to retire with dignity. To women, this is about your ability to make medical decisions in your own best interest.

I am asking every single one of our members to do your part. Talk to your family members, your friends, your neighbors, and your co-workers. Educate them. Let them know what a vote for Trump really means.

Michelle Obama said it best during her speech at the Democratic National Convention. "If you can't do a whole lot, do something."

We all need to do our "something" before it's too late. I hope every one of our members and our retirees votes, and votes smartly. This presidential election, like most, is playing on emotions. There is a lot of story-telling going on and sometimes it's hard to know what's fact and what's fiction.

Do your homework. Vote with your head, not your emotions. Let's all do what we can to make sure Kamala Harris and Tim Walz become our next president and vice president so our country can continue to move forward on a positive path, not take a giant step backward.

As I get older and live through more elections, I see how America the great is not so great for everyone equally. We can continue to change that if we allow Kamala Harris to forge ahead on the path that Joe Biden set for her. He made tremendous positive change in the last four years and Kamala Harris, given the opportunity, will make even more in the next four years.

Who you vote for when you head to your polling location on Election Day is your choice, but please make sure you know all the facts before you cast your vote.