The district managers of New York City's 59 community boards have unionized with Local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America and will look to secure a first contract that includes job security measures and grievance filing rights. The city's Office of Labor Relations signed off on the workers' accretion into Local 1180 earlier this week, voluntarily recognizing the union, after around 90 percent of the 59 managers signed union authorization cards.
"We're absolutely thrilled," said Marisa Maack, a member of the nascent union's organizing committee and district manager of Community Board 5 in Manhattan for the last six years. "Ensuring the working conditions of managers are recognized and fully acknowledged is really critical."
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