MEMBERS

Local 372 represents nearly 25,000 Department of Education employees who provide essential support services to the 1.1 million children – and their families – in New York City public schools.  The jobs our members do are critical in making the school system properly function.  Without the work of our members, school teachers would not have the sufficient time to teach in the classrooms.  Local 372 members, who are sometimes referred to as “non-pedagogical” employees because they are non-teaching staff, work in the cafeterias handling food and watching/helping children, in the hallways and schoolyards monitoring children to ensure their safety, in classrooms providing anti-violence/gang and drug prevention counseling, in homeless shelters to ensure that parents send their children to school despite living in a shelter, in DOE warehouses dealing with non-perishable goods, on trucks bringing supplies to the schools, and in the streets as crossing guards to make sure kids get to school safely. 

Local 372 is the largest union within DC 37, which is the largest municipal union in New York City.