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Local 237, Ex-Council Speaker In Push to Pass Women’s Equality Act

By DAN ROSENBLUM
Posted 10/6/14

Citing a recent agreement to settle a gender-pay lawsuit brought by its members against the city as an example of an incremental victory for income equality between the sexes, Teamsters Local 237 President Gregory Floyd joined former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to gather political support for a long-stalled equal-rights bill.

A press conference, held Oct. 1 at Local 237’s offices, included women’s-equality advocates, Local 237 members and backers of the Women’s Equality Party, launched in July by Governor Cuomo and led by Ms. Quinn.

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