President Gregory Floyd, the Education and Training Division, and staff of Local 237, hosted a program at 237 headquarters for the participating students to mark the completion of their summer internship.   
The participants from the 2019 Summer Youth Employment Program were provided by the organization Roads to Success. Roads to Success is dedicated to helping young people discover the self-esteem, self-reliance and empathy necessary to become future leaders and driving forces of positive change.  

All nine of Local 237’s interns were high school or college students, and ranged from the ages of 16 – 21. They interned from from July 8, 2019 to August 16, 2019.

Through teaching and mentorship, Local 237 taught the students about importance of unions.  Individual students were assigned a mentor that provided guidance on their future career goals. Among other activities, students appeared live on the “Reaching Out with Gregory Floyd” radio show and attended legal disciplinary hearings.

These young people will be our future union members and advocates. We wish them every success!