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To Recognize and Congratulate Pierrette “Petee” Talley on being the recipient of the B. Marie Clarke Community Service Award upon the Occasion of the 32nd Annual Labor Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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WHEREAS, Petee's career in the labor movement began with AFSCME in Toledo, Ohio. Petee has held several positions with the AFSCME union including the international union’s political and legislative director in Michigan, before her appointment by the national AFL-CIO in Columbus, Ohio in 1999 where she became the Ohio Director of Field Mobilization. Petee was elected to become the Secretary - Treasurer of Ohio AFL-CIO in 2002; and
WHEREAS, Petee's career in the labor movement began with AFSCME in Toledo, Ohio. Petee has held several positions with the AFSCME union including the international union’s political and legislative director in Michigan, before her appointment by the national AFL-CIO in Columbus, Ohio in 1999 where she became the Ohio Director of Field Mobilization. Petee was elected to become the Secretary - Treasurer of Ohio AFL-CIO in 2002; and
WHEREAS, In addition to Petee’s official capacity as chief administrative officer of the Ohio AFL-CIO, she continues her work at the grassroots, organizing union and community non-partisan voter mobilization efforts across Ohio volunteering in the capacity of Convener of the Ohio Unity Coalition, a coalition of several labor, faith, civil and human rights organizations with a focus on civic engagement in African-American communities across the state; and
WHEREAS, Petee serves on several boards including Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) Ohio; Progress Ohio, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) National Board, Coalition of Black Trade unionist (CBTU) National Executive Council, National Board of the Alliance of Retired Americans, Ohio Voice Board and the Ohio United Way Board ; and
WHEREAS, Pierrette “Petee" Talley 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 Pierrette Talley on being the 2019 B. Marie Clarke Community Service Award recipient, on this 12th day of January 2019.