Gloria Middleton will become chairperson of the umbrella organization of public-sector unions in New York City this month after her nomination for the Municipal Labor Committee's top job faced no challenge from members of the body's executive board.
The president of Local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America, Middleton told The Chief that she was asked to run for chairperson of the MLC by Henry Garrido, the executive director of District Council 37, the largest union of municipal workers in the city. Middleton said she initially refused to do so but, recognizing the deadlock between Garrido and Gregory Floyd, the president of Teamsters Local 237, that had left the MLC without a chairperson for over a year, acquiesced.
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