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President's Biography Gregory Floyd President, City Employees Union Local 237, Teamsters Since joining Teamsters Union Local 237 over 20 years ago, Gregory Floyd has been a committed and dedicated member. His strong leadership abilities enabled him to advance from a Hospital Police Officer position to the rank of Captain with the NYC Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC). At the age of 27, he made his mark as the youngest Hospital Police Captain in the HHC’s history. In further recognition of his leadership, Floyd was elected Vice President of NYC Hospital Police Guardians Association. In 1994, he was appointed Teamsters Local 237’s Deputy Director for Peace Officer titles by President Carl Haynes. Gregory Floyd was appointed Secretary to the New York State AFL-CIO’s Committee of Peace and Law Enforcement Officers later that year. In 1999 he became Director of Local 237’s Citywide Division. In 2002 he was a key player in the battle to save the title of Hospital Police Special Officer from elimination by privatization. In January, 2003 he was elected to serve as Trustee on Local 237’s Executive Board. A year later he won election as the union’s Secretary-Treasurer; he was also appointed Chief Negotiator at that time. On March 30, 2007, Gregory was elected to serve as the union’s 5th President in its 55 year history. As President of the largest Local in the 1.4 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Mr. Floyd represents a diverse group of public employees in New York City and on Long Island. The Local represents hundreds of occupational titles in city agencies and the Housing Authority, including assistant managers, CUNY Campus Peace Officers, school safety agents, taxi and limousine inspectors, cleaners at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, heating plant technicians, X-ray and EKG technicians, city attorneys, emergency service workers and various skilled trades workers. Floyd currently serves as a commissioner on the board of the IBT Human Rights Commission, a post to which he was appointed by IBT General President James P. Hoffa. He also serves on the Board of Group Health Insurance (GHI). Additionally, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Council for Unity, a New York City-based youth leadership organization that promotes intergroup relations with the goal of reducing violence in schools and communities. Mr. Floyd is married to Wendy Bolton-Floyd, a writer. They have two children, Jessica and Jonathan, ages nine and four, respectively. |
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