Gloria Middleton was elected president of CWA Local 1180 in 2018 in New York City, representing mid-level supervisory staff of multiple city agencies. Middleton was born and raised in Harlem and began working for the city in 1972 in the Department of Corrections, later transferring to the Department of Social Services where she rose to an administrative position. She was active in the union as a shop steward, then served as a staff representative for the local for thirteen years (1995-2018) until her election as the first African-American president of the local. She has made pay equity for women and people of color her priority as president, winning a $15 million equal employment suit against the city. Middleton served fifteen years as chair of CWA’s Civil Rights and Equity Committees and, in 2021, was elected to serve on the CWA executive board in one of the four designated diversity positions.
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