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To Recognize and Congratulate Marlene Hill-Powell for Receiving the Ray Collier Special Recognition Award upon the Occasion of the 30th Annual Labor Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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WHEREAS, Marlene Hill-Powers served as a longstanding employee for Ohio Bell Telephone Company, now known as AT&T, and is a lifelong member of Communications Workers of America Local 4320; and
WHEREAS, after starting her career in the early 1970s, Marlene Hill-Powell helped to establish and begin the Columbus Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; and
WHEREAS, Marlene Hill-Powell demonstrated leadership and vision as President of CBTU for a number of years; and
WHEREAS, as a member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the A. Philip Randolph Institute AFL-CIO she worked to advance social freedom and economic justice for working people of all backgrounds; and
WHEREAS, Marlene Hill-Power embodies the mission of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists to bear in the unending effort to achieve economic, political and social justice for every American; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and congratulate Marlene Hill-Powell, the 2017 Ray Collier Special Recognition Award recipient, on this 14th day of January 2017.