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Newsline Highlights - January 2010

Hoffa Installs Floyd as Local 237’s 5th President and Swears in Our New Executive Board

The installation ceremony for Local 237’s fifth president, Gregory Floyd, and the new executive board was touched by emotion. Reflecting on his mission for the next five years President Floyd expressed his gratitude for the members who voted their trust and confidence in the new leadership. Floyd also remembered two col- leagues, Trustee Evaristo Pabon Jr. and Citywide Business Agent Michelle Walters, beloved friends who dedicated their lives to serving members and the union, and who died too soon last year. Full Story

 
Floyd Says Lawsuit Aimed at SSAs is ‘Frivolous’

Relentless in their mission against the New York Police Department’s presence in public schools, the New York City Civil Liberties Union followed a setback to the School Safety bill before the New York City Council last month by filing a class-action lawsuit Jan. 20.

The suit is on behalf of five middle school and high school students claiming mistreatment by school safety agents.

Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, the NYPD, the city and several SSAs are named in the suit as defendants. It challenges the conduct of SSAs and police officers, saying they “repeatedly violated students’ civil rights through wrongful arrests and the excessive use of force.” Full Story

 
El Concejo Municipal Honra al Presidente Floyd En Celebración De Martin Luther King Jr.

Destacando el enlace entre el Reverendo Martin Luther King Jr. y el movimiento laboral, el Concejal Larry B. Seabrook honró al Presidente Gregory Floyd como un líder que ha “traído energía y espíritu “ a este movimiento en esta ciudad.” El escenario fue la Cámara de Audiencias del Concejo Municipal, donde el 14 de Enero, Seabrook, presidente del Comité de Derechos Civiles del Concejo, copatrocinó la Celebración de la Vida y Legado de King, con Christine Quinn, Presidenta del Concejo Municipal y los Cabildos Afro-Americano, Latino, y Asiático. Full Story

 
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