A few hundred municipal workers, denied legal protection of collective bargaining rights for generations, organize for representation. They come from Hospitals, Parks, Finance, Health and some other city agencies. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees charters the workers as District Council 37 in November.

The legendary union-builder Jerry Wurf takes the wheel as the union’s first executive director—and a new era begins for labor in New York City.

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