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Each Year the Labor Movement in Georgia Honor's our own Hard working men and women at the Annual Labor Awards Banquet

Proceeds from the Banquet go to the Georgia State University Labor Studies and Labor Archives Program and provides Scholarships for Union Members to further their education. 

Awards are presented to Active Labor Leaders, Retired Leaders and Members and Friends of Labor from Academia. Public Service and Business.

 

Labor Leaders Of the Year

 JOSEPH JACOBS ‘69

Workmen’s Circle 

R.E. SHADIX ‘71

Building Trades 

E.L. ABERCROMBIE ‘72

Laundry Workers 

T..D. ARCHER ‘73

Operating Engineers 

OMA BARTON ‘73

Clothing & Textile Worker 

R.B. “BEN” PORCH ‘74

Communications Workers 

E.T. “AL” KEHRER ‘74

AFL-CIO 

HERBERT GREEN ‘75

Auto Workers 

HOWARD HENSON ‘75

Laborers 

WILLIAM JENKINS ‘76

Retail Clerks 

GID PARHAM ‘76

Teamsters 

NICK BONANNO ‘77

Ladies Garment Workers 

HERBERT MABRY ‘78

Georgia AFL-CIO 

MARTHA TRUE’ 79

Georgia AFL-CIO 

GEORGE CAUDELLE ‘80

Building Trades Council 

JAMES SALA ‘81

AFL-CIO 

AMOS BEASLEY ‘82

Laborers Local 438 

IRENE GREENE ‘82

Textile Workers 

RUTH STANLEY ‘82

OPEIU Local 21
 

GUY DICKINSON ‘83

RWDSU 

WELDON MATHIS ‘83

Teamsters 

HERBERT BUTLER ‘84

UAW 

TOM PAYNE ‘84

UA Local 72 

RALPH MEERS ‘85

GCIU Local 527-S 

W.T. WATERS ‘85

Teamsters Local 728 

FAY KNIGHT ‘86

ACTWU 

J.W. GILES ‘86

IBEW Local 84 

JANELLE EWING ‘87

UFCW Local 1263 

JOHNNY LONG ‘87

USWA District 35 

GEORGE R. GUDGER ‘88

Laborers’ Local 1137 

LAMAR MATHIS ‘88

Teamsters Local 728 

JERRY M. HARDIN ‘89

UFCW Local 1963 

GENE SANDERS ‘89

UAW 

Doyle Howard ‘90

IBEW Local 84 

HARRIS JACOBS ‘90

Workmen’s Circle 

BRUCE S. RAYNOR ‘91

ACTWU Region

 JOHNNY C. REYNOLDS ‘91

ATU Local 732 

RONALD A. NAPTY ‘92

IBEW Local 613
 

JAMES ORANGE ‘92

IUD, AFL-CIO

 ROBERT L. COKER ‘93

UA Local 72

 CHARLIE E. KEY ‘93

Building Trades

 ROBBIE J. SPARKS ‘93

IBEW Local 2127

 RICHARD A. RAY ‘94

Georgia AFL-CIO 

JAMES C. THOMPSON ‘94

UAW CAP

 BILL CONINE ‘95

CWA Local 3204

VIRGINIA FULTON ‘95

CWA Local 3204

 RON MARTIN ‘95

AFL-CIO Region 5

 VICTORIA KEY ‘96

USWA District 9

 GENE C. RUSSO ‘96

CWA District 3

 JOHN BYERS ‘97

IUEC Local 32

 CLARENCE WILLIAMS ‘97

UAW Region 8

 WARREN HILLS ‘99

Laborers Local 1137

 JIMMY SMITH ‘99

CWA District 3

 W. JAMES PARKER ‘00

GCIU Local 527-S

 EDGAR WEST ‘00

Ironworkers Local 709

 MARY LYNN WALKER ‘01

AFGE

 TOMMY YARBROUGH ‘01

IBEW Local 1579

 STEVE LOMAX ‘02

UFCW Local 1996

 JAMES MARSHALL ‘02

Sheet Metal Workers Local 85

 FRED HASTY ‘03

Painters Local 193

 JIMMY HYDE ‘03

AFL-CIO

 JAMES DAVID BENTLEY ‘04

Building Trades

 W.D. EMERSON ‘04

IUEC Local 32

 MOSES DUNN ‘04

Laborers Local 1137

 JANINE BROWN ‘05

CWA

 LEON HOLDERFIELD ‘05

UFCW Local 1996

 KATHY FOWLER ‘06

UAW Local 10

 RICHARD OLIVER ‘06

UA Local 72

John Conley 07

OPEIU/ITPE

Chuck Stiles

Teamsters

Keith Thomas

Asbestos Workers Local 48

 

The Georgia Labor Hall Of Fame 

Name

Union

Year

John Henry Hall

Meat Cutters LU 442

1983

Ila E. Howard

OPEIU LU 21

1983

Howard E. James

ATU LU 732

1983

Charles C. Mathias

USWA

1984

William M. Crim

UBC LU 225

1984

Herman B. Adkins

USWA

1985

Michael J. Counihan

IBEW

1985

Frank Gulatte

Laborers LU 438

1985

Eula McGill

ACTWU

1985

Virgil B. Harper

UA LU 72

1986

Miram Manning

OPEIU LU 21

1986

Ray Norton

SM LU 85

1986

Sara Butler

OPEIU LU 21

1987

James C. (JC) Dempsey

BAC LU 8

1987

Barnell (Barney) Finestone

Workman’s Circle

1987

James H. Davis

SM LU 85

1988

George W. Peavy

IAM LL 131

1988

Louise Patton Warren

ACTWU LU 226

1988

Melvin Britt

SM LU 85

1989

J.V. Edmondson

UBC LU 2254

1989

Willie James

IBEW LU 2109

1989

Mary Baker

OPEIU LU 21

1990

Alfred Hazel

Laborers

1990

Roy L. Williams

Meat Cutters LU 442

1990

Alvin R. Worthington

IUE LU 191

1990

Johnson C. (Red) Morris

Chattahoochee Valley CLC & GCIU LU 252-C

1991

Spurgeon Griggs

ILGWU

1992

Willie Larry Freeman

Paintmakers LU 1961

1992

Edward C. Couch

P&CM LU 148

1992

Morgan H. Bowen

IBEW LU 1316

1993

Elijah Fennell

IAM LL 35

1993

Charlie Marcus

IBEW LU 2109

1993

Anna Lander

Workman’s Circle

1993

James R. Weaver

UAW LU 34

1994

William R. (Billy) Powell

CWA LU 3204

1994

Claude Mc Guinn

CWA LU 3250

1994

I. C. (Red) Ethridge

BAC LU 8

1994

William S. (Bill) Stephens

GCIU LU 8-M

1995

Irrel (Fuzzy) Finch

CWA LU 3250

1995

Russell W. Cobb

UAW LU 19

1995

Joe Fields

IBEW LU 2109

1995

William (Bill) Lee Worley

UBC LU 225

1996

Anita Patterson

AFSCME

1996

Douglas B. Williams

UA LU 72

1997

Johnny (JJ) Johnson

UAW LU 10

1997

Richard Dyson

IBEW LU 1579

1997

Jane Brown

OPEIU LU 21

1997

 

No Banquet

1998

Allen R. Williams

AFL-CIO

1999

Ronald G. Hankins

SMWIA

1999

Harry Bexley

IBEW LU 613

1999

 

Hillian Barker

UAW

1999

Joel Gay

GCIU LU 527-S

2000

Don Wilson

SM LU 85

2000

Susan Plaster

CWA LU 3218

2000

Clyde Jones

UA LU 72

2000

Tony Fraley

USWA LU 9326

2001

Oscar Hobbs

Chattahoochee Valley CLC & IBEW

2001

Charles Moss

GCIU LU 527-S

2001

H.F. (Slim) Ellington

IBEW LU 613

2001

Green Pryor Lewis

AFL-CIO

2002

Emma (Jean) Davis

AFL-CIO

2002

Wilbert T. Currie

GCIU LU 527-S

2002

Claude Monroe Chamlee

UAW LU 34 & 10

2002

Frank Aliotta

ILA LU 1475

2002

Sarah Morris Vargas

GCIU LU 527-S

2003

Marion Garvin

CWA LU 3263

2003

Robert (Bob) Butler

IUEC LU 32

2004

Nettie Noles Hulsey

CWA LU 3218

2004

C.H. Grizzle

CWA LU 3250

2004

Alice Cochran

OPEIU LU 2001

2005

Arthur (Mike) Fredenburg

SMWIA LU 85

2005

Elmer E. Hamilton

ATU LU 732

2005

Arlie R. Outler

IBEW LU 1579

2005

Billy E. Williamson

UAW LU 10

2005

Jerry Hall

UAW LU 10

2006

R.S. (Bo) Marlow

UAW LU 882

2006

Johnny McBurrows

ATU LU 732

2006

H. Jack Rogers

IAM LL 650

2006

  

Friends Of Labor

John Lewis

US Congress

1994

Cynthia McKinney

US Congress