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Latest from Local 237

  • Vote on Tues. Sept. 14, for candidates who support your pensions and benefits. Find your Polling Place.  Local 237 Primary Endorsements.
  • Scholarships for Teamster Children and Grandchildren.  The deadline for the Teamsters Hispanic Caucus is Aug. 31
    <details>     and Sept. 30 for the 2010 James R. Hoffa Essay Contest <details>.
  • Kings County District Attorney Hynes, New York Police Commissioner Kelly and Local 237 Teamsters President Floyd announce assault on school safety officers program. Listen to the 1010 WINS story.   Read the press release.  
  • Local 237 New York City Welfare Fund drug benefit changes for active members are effective June 1, 2010.  Read More.
  • 237's got talent!  Watch SSA Alex Perez dance on YouTube.
  • Watch Local 237:On the Air on your local cable network.  Summer schedule for the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
  • President Gregory Floyd hosts a public affairs radio show on WWRL AM 1600. The next broadcasts are Sat. Sept. 11 with NYS Comptroller DiNapoli  and Sat. Sept. 18 with NJ State Senator Codey at 3:00 p.m.  Watch video clips from previous interviews.
  • Local 237 has filed a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of all School Safety Agents,  seeking higher wages on par with New York City Special Officers. Read the suit
  • The State Legislature has passed a bill that will bring in more than $400 million in desperately needed capital investment to the New York City Housing Authority right now and $75 million in federal aid every year, narrowing a crushing funding gap.  The bill will allow NYCHA to access new funds almost immediately.

Newsline Highlights -September 2010

Teamsters Hispanic Caucus Elects Officers at Convention

The Teamsters Hispanic Caucus Convention was held in Chicago in July, when three new chapters were added in Texas, Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, and new officers were elected.

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Voting Power - Use It or Lose It

Our union’s greatest power is turning out a huge vote in the upcoming primaries on Tuesday, Sept. 14, and the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 2. This election year is especially critical to our survival, as the economy continues to falter. Ignoring the Wall Street greed that triggered the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression in 1929, misguided elected officials are trying to plug the holes in their budgets by calling for givebacks from hard-working public employees, who have carried the burden of doing more with less since well before the financial crisis of 2008.

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¡Llegó la Hora de Lucir Nuestra Fuerza Por Medio Del Voto!

La fuerza más grande de nuestro sindicato sería sacar un número crecido de votantes en las primarias próximas, el Martes, Septiembre 14, y en la Elección General el Martes, Noviembre 2. Este año electoral es de importancia crítica para nuestro sobrevivir, ya que la economía continua fallando. Ignorando la avaricia de Wall Street que desató el colapso económico más grande desde que empezara la Gran Depresión en 1929, oficiales electos mal informados están tratando de tapar los huecos en sus presupuestos haciendo llamado para devoluciones de parte de empleados públicos que trabajan incansablemente, los mismos que han llevado la carga de hacer más con menos recursos, mucho antes del colapso financiero de 2008.

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