CWA Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With the CBTU

Earlier this month, Americans from coast to coast celebrated the life of revered civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His example of perseverance and message of hope for unity resonate to this day. CWA District 4 Staff Representative Diane Bailey attended an MLK award ceremony hosted by the Columbus, Ohio chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), where she accepted the Marlene Hill-Powell Special Recognition Award. Bailey received the award for her outstanding activism and solidarity with economic, political, and social justice groups.

CWA members from Locals 4320, 4501, and 4502, as well as board members for the Central Ohio Labor Council, where Bailey serves as president, turned out to support her at the ceremony.

Congratulations to Staff Representative Bailey for her outstanding work!

Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Mo., CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. spoke at the St. Louis CBTU Chapter’s 46th MLK Human Rights Awards Banquet. There, President Cummings delivered a message of unity to those engaged in the ongoing fight for labor and civil rights, stating, “The truth is, no one is coming to save us. We must save ourselves. We do that when we stand shoulder to shoulder with our union siblings and with allies across the country. We are all in the same boat, all facing the same future, and, win or lose, we’re all we have.”

 
CWA District 4 Staff Representative Diane Bailey (left) accepted the Columbus Coalition of Black Trade Unionists’ Marlene Hill-Powell Special Recognition Award alongside her granddaughter Johnia Martin.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.