CUNY Pay Update: New Rates at CUNY Jr. Colleges Nov. 22

Local 237 members working at CUNY 2-year colleges are now scheduled to begin receiving their pay increases on Nov. 22, those working at CUNY 4-year colleges are scheduled for November 14th.  Both groups will receive retroactive pay in their respective pay periods.   The Union has worked with CUNY to ensure that Local 237 members receive their new wage rates and retro payments negotiated in the current contract. All CUNY members received their signing bonuses over the summer.

 

Teamsters Scholarship 2025

Apply by May 1st! Scholarships will be awarded for four-year college or university and training or vocational programs that are related to work in a Teamsters-represented industry, class, or craft.

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Where do we go from here?

An important message from Gregory Floyd, President, Teamsters Local 237


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Floyd Slate Wins


By an overwhelming margin, Local 237 members have re-elected the Floyd slate to lead the union.

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"Reaching Out with Gregory Floyd"

President Floyd hosts a weekly half-hour public affairs radio program.  Tune in Saturdays on AM970 The Answer at 2:30 and 9:00pm and on AM570 The Mission at 4:30pm. The show can also be seen on Local 237's website, YOUTUBE and FACEBOOK social media platforms.

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Power to the Patients!

Dec 2014/Jan 2015

Dec 2014/Jan 2015

Our Future Begins with a Solemn Oath

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Hoffa, third from left, stands with newly sworn in board members. They are, from left, Edmund Kane, trustee; Ruben Torres, secretarytreasurer, President Gregory Floyd; Richard Hendershot, vice president, Jeanette Taveras and Curtis Scott, trustees; and Patricia Stryker, recording secretary.

Guests, including many elected officials, filled Local 237’s union hall on Jan. 17 for the Installation Ceremony that kicked off the next five-year term for President Gregory Floyd and six executive board members. James P. Hoffa, general president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, officiated, and George Miranda, vice president at-large, IBT, and president, Joint Council 16, served as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Robert Royal of St. Paul Baptist Church delivered the invocation.

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Floyd Testifies at Hearing on NYCHA Lighting

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President Gregory Floyd is joined at City Council by David Jones, president and CEO of Community Service Society, center, and Victor Bach, senior housing policy analyst, CSS.

President Gregory Floyd testified at a City Council oversight hearing on the relationship between lighting and safety at New York City Housing Authority in the wake of the Akai Gurley shooting. The hearing was held on Dec. 16.

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Atascada Primera Negociación con NYCHA

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Miembros del comité de negociaciónes prestan atención.

Rompiendo con lo tradicional, Shola Olatoye, presidenta y ejecutiva principal de la Autoridad de Viviendas de la Ciudad de Nueva York, no asistió a la primera reunión de negociación que tuvo lugar Diciembre 10, 2014 en la sede del Local 237. También, la gerencia se abstuvo de presentar alguna propuesta. En su lugar, el Comisionado Laboral de la Ciudad, Bob Linn, solicitó al comité “apretar el botón de reajuste” en cuanto a relaciones obrero-patronales, y el Gerente General, George House dio un resumen de las malas condiciones económicas de NYCHA.

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