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Anita Madison, of Police and Fire Retirees of Ohio, served
as program facilitator; and Janis Fryar of UAW Local 12
Retirees delivered the official welcome. Gary Johnson,
Toledo Councilman At-Large and UFCW Local 75 introduced
elected officials and union leaders; and Madison concluded
the opening portion of the program for a moment of silence.
“I hope you feel welcomed as you entered this room. On
behalf of the CBTU family, we welcome you and know that your
CBTU family worked hard to put this event together for you,”
explained Fryar.
The annual banquet featured William Lucy, president emeritus
CBTU International, who served as banquet speaker and
publicly acknowledged former City of Toledo Mayor Paula
Hicks-Hudson, David Fleetwood of Laborers’’ Local 500 and
Cenia Willis, a dedicated laborer who recently died on
December 30, 2017.
“As a CBTU board member, I‘m proud of our board. We work
with our children of color. It’s important that they
understand that there are good paying jobs, good paying
union jobs. Labor and management work well together, because
labor is a part of growth,” explained Gary Johnson.
CBTU dates to 1972 when over 1,200 black union officials and
members organized a conference in Chicago. The
organization’s mission is to fulfill the dreams of Black
Trade Unionists, both living and deceases, who throughout
this century and the last have courageously and
unremittingly struggled to build a national movement that
would bring all our strengths and varied talents to bear in
the unending effort to achieve economic, political, and
social justice for every American.
The Toledo Chapter’s officers: Cheryl Tyler-Folsom, interim
chapter chairperson; Pierrette Talley, secretary; Henry
McCoy, treasurer; and Cheryl Bennett, sergeant at arms.
The banquet committee: Henry McCoy and Anita Madison,
co-chairmen; Cerssandra McPherson, John Folsom, Janis Fryar,
Cheryl Tyler-Folsom, and Cheryl Bennett, committee members.
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Standing: Anita Madison, Nathan Willis Jr, Charssie Willis,
Janis Fryar, Cheryl Tyler-Folsom, Paula Hicks-Hudson, Henry
McCoy
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Seated: Pastor and First Lady Michael Key, Pierrette Talley,
William Lucy
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Standing: Ray Woods, Henry McCoy, Anita Madison, Cheryl
Tyler-Folsom, David Fleetwood, Janis Fryar, Yvette Thompson,
Gary Johnson
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Seated: Pastor and First Lady Michael Key, Pierrette Talley,
William Lucy
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