Reboot 2627

What We Stand For

Our Platform

We will stand up for members in the workplace and at the bargaining table.

We need an active and engaged union and Local, and having only 20 shop stewards is not enough for almost 6,000 members — we deserve 20 times that. We will organize members to step into stewardship and build the representation our workplaces have been missing.

Our contract expires this year. We will fight for remote work protections and wage increases that keep pace with inflation — because our last contract did not. This means keeping up the pressure at delegates’ meetings to make sure that DC37 leadership knows a weak contract is not acceptable.

We’re Tier 6 members who are fed up with DC37’s failures. The teachers’ union just won a massive pension victory in the New York State budget – lowering their retirement age from 63 to 58. Ours stayed the same. We will use our platform to organize across the local and the union to demand better.

We will firmly oppose privatization, including within our own Local. Our Local cannot effectively demand union FTE positions from the City while trying to outsource its own day-to-day work to consultants.

We seek real transparency in how our Local operates.

Members have a right to know how their dues are spent, how their representatives vote, and what decisions are being made in their name. If dues are going up, members deserve to know why, how much, and who decided. Closed-door decisions handed down from above are not acceptable. We need more opportunities for member input on important issues before decisions are made.

We will connect Local 2627 to broader labor, political, and community causes.

Legislation and budgets affect our workforce, our retirees, and all New Yorkers whose lives depend on our work. We seek to build genuine partnerships with other locals, because the issues facing our members are rarely ours alone. Locals that work together are locals that can actually move the needle.

Members deserve all of the facts about issues such as Medicare Advantage, the New York Health Act, and No More 24. We will fight to make sure they get them.

We believe our Local must take stronger public positions on the issues that matter. This is not just our conviction. It is what AFSCME’s own standards require. The moment demands it.

How To Vote

Voting Guide

How Should I Fill Out My Ballot?

Select JORDAN PECORA for Executive Board, and MICHAEL FOLAN for DC37 Delegate. We ask that you do NOT rank any other candidates.

DEAN LABOWITZ does not appear on the ballot because the CLC Delegate position is not contested.

Didn't Get A DC37 Local 2627 Ballot in Your Mail?

If you have not received your ballot by Monday, June 15, CALL the arbiters at 800-529-5218 anytime between 9am–5pm EST.

Be prepared to say: "I am a member of Local 2627, DC 37 AFSCME and I did not receive my local union ballot in my mail. My name is [FIRST NAME, LAST NAME] (as registered with our union). My home mailing address is [STREET, APT #, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE]; My phone number is XXX-XXX-XXXX. Please send a new ballot, thank you."

PLEASE MAIL YOUR BALLOTS BY FRIDAY, JUNE 19 to ensure they will be counted. The count will be Friday, June 26.

Vote to reboot our local!

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked

We are Michael Folan, Dean Labowitz, and Jordan Pecora, a slate of Local 2627 members running for union leadership because we believe our Local can and must do better. We are committed to transparency, democratic participation, stronger steward representation, and a contract that works for members — not just on paper.
Our slate is running to represent your interests within the Local and within DC37. We will advocate for more open and accessible lines of communication between members and leadership.
Ballots are being mailed out the first 2 weeks of June, 2026. You can fill them out and return them by mail. This is free! See our Voting Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Fill out our short survey and provide your contact information! Share this website with coworkers. Email us at reboot2627@gmail.com. Lastly, most importantly, vote. The more members who participate, the stronger our mandate for real change.
Most of all, accountability. We will report back after every meeting, publish voting records, and share legible budget breakdowns — not summaries handed down from above. We will take clear positions on issues like Medicare Advantage, the New York Health Act, and No More 24, even when those positions are unpopular. And we practice what we preach: we won’t demand union jobs from the City while outsourcing our own Local’s work to consultants. We are members like you, and we intend to stay that way.

Folan · Labowitz · Pecora