In break from its parent union, Teamsters Local 237 endorses Harris

On Wednesday, the International Teamsters union made headlines by choosing not to endorse a candidate for president, even as it released internal polling showing its members support Donald Trump by a 16-point margin.

But Gregory Floyd, president of Local 237, the Teamsters chapter that represents some 24,000 public sector workers in the city and on Long Island, announced his members made a different choice.

“Our members want me to endorse Kamala Harris for president of the United States,” Floyd told NY1 in an exclusive interview.

Floyd said Harris is the candidate for working people, pointing to legislation passed under the Biden administration that provided tens of billions of dollars to shore up the union’s financially troubled pension plan.



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