Alan Viani was head of the Department of Research at DC37, the largest municipal union in New York City, from 1973 to 1985.
In 1965, Viani helped lead a strike by over eight thousand workers for the New York City Department of Welfare.
The strike was largely successful, as it led to a clear statement of the rights of city employees to collective bargaining.
[2] He was DC37's lead negotiator in this role until 1985, when he joined the New York City Office of Collective Bargaining.
[3] In 2005, Viani was part of a three-member mediation team that helped the two sides to resolve their differences in the 2005 New York transit strike.