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Perris City Councilwoman Tonya Burke has won the “Friend of Labor” Award from the Riverside chapter of the NAACP.
Burke, a member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, was honored recently in a ceremony at the Riverside Convention Center, according to a city statement.
The award is part of the civil rights organization’s fourth annual Salute to Labor Unions Awards Program. The Friend of Labor Award honors those who forge relationships between labor unions and their community.
“I am elated, ecstatic and humbled to receive this award,” Burke said in the statement. “It’s a total surprise. You don’t see yourself being awarded for what you see as part of doing your job as a public servant.”
