Hall of Fame
The 41st Annual Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Dinner
Prairie Meadows Event Center, Altoona, IA - August 22nd, 2024
Labor Hall of Fame Members
1982
Vernon Dale Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Vernon Davis IUPAT, IFL President
John L. Lewis UMWA
1983
No Convention held
1984
Bill Fenton Machinists
June McDonald CWA
George O’Hara IBT, BRCM, AFL-CIO
1985
John Grogan Machinists
Dave Hart UPWA, AMCBWNA
Reuben Roe Cement, Lime & Gypsum
1986
James Caffrey URW
George Weiny Grain Millers
Joseph Glackin UFCW
1987
Russell Bull UPWA
Carroll Wright UE, Machinists
Lloyd Weems APWU
1988
Ray Mills Teamsters 1st IFL President
Ben Root AFSCME
Jake Mincks UAW, IFL
1989
Hugh Clark UA, IFL President
Don Johnson URW
Jack Tessin IBEW
1990
D.K. “Jim” Gordon CWA
William Keller Machinists
Max Webster ABG (now USW)
1991
Jerry Dunagan IBEW
Alice Hamad Pence URW, IBEW
George Peters UFCW
1992 (Inductees are all signers of the original IFL Charter)
Ward Hauskins UAW
Henry Schwenker Plumbers & Steamfitters
Garold Ketchum Field Rep. AFL-CIO
Lester Eichorn UAW
Edris Owens UAW
Bernard Buckley Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Ben Jeffries Laborers
Eugene Peterson UPWA
Alex Kantrovich Teamsters
Wilton Seymour Plumbers & Steamfitters
Earl Baum Grain Millers
1993
Warren “Pete” Polson Machinists
Inez Pontious SCIFL Aux.
Harry Smith Barbers
1994
Paul Larsen Plumbers & Steamfitters
Harry “Hy” Miller Machinists
Joe Rejsek Cement, Lime & Gypsum
1995
Betty Talkington IBEW, IFL Staff
Al Meier IBEW, IFL Lobbyist
John Cooney UAW, IUPAT
1996
Don Diskey AFSCME, IAMAW
Don Rowen GCIU, IFL Executive Vice President
Erma Wiszmann CWA
1997
Wayne Huntsman IBT
Pat Marshall IBEW, IFL Board
Jim Wengert UFCW, IFL President
1998
Robert Carson HERE, Hawkeye Labor Council
1999
Sharon McIntosh IUPAT
Michael Mehaffy SEIU
2000
No nominations
2001
Alan Lee UFCW
Marian Moffitt CWA
Gene Redmon UFCW
2002
Joe Heger UFCW
George Kourpias Machinists, IFL Board
2003
Bob Runde Machinists
Russ Woodrick Machinists
2004
Al Schultz IBB
2005
No Nominations
2006
Pearl McGill Button Workers
Roberta Till-Retz AFT
2007
No nominations
2008
Robert Soesbe CWA
Mark Smith AFT, IFL President
2009
John Connors IAFF
Dick Fallow Machinists, AFL-CIO
Robert Connett Machinists, IFL Board
2010
Cheryl Hannah AFSCME
Charlie Smith IBEW
Norm Sterzenbach IBEW
2011
William Herrig Plumbers & Steamfitters
Donald Schuettpelz Ironworkers, IFL Board
Midge Slater CWA, IFL Board
2012
Ted Fehn Machinists
Tom Gillespie Plumbers & Steamfitters, IFL Board
Dale Jeter GMP, IFL Board
2013
Jan Laue BCTGM, IFL Sec/Treasurer
Ron Montgomery GCIU, IFL Auditor
Ken Rains CWA, IFL Board
2014 Honorary Member
Senator Tom Harkin Honorary IBEW Member
2014
Joe Ironside IAMAW, IFL Board
Jim Marshall ATU, UFCW, NW Iowa Labor Council
MacDonald Smith AFT
2015
Senator Dick Dearden AFSCME
Mark Fallis NALC IFL Board & Auditor
Francis Giunta CWA, Dubuque Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
2016
No Labor Hall of Dinner held due to 60th Anniversary Celebration for the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
2017
Bruce Clark APWU, IFL Board
Representative Jerry Kearns USW
Fred Noon LIUNA
2018
Lance Coles APWU
Tom Courtney UAW
Jack E. McCoy UPWA
2019
Todd Anderson SEIU/AFL-CIO
Ron Koppes IAMAW
Marcia Nichols AFSCME
2020
No Ceremony Due to Pandemic
2021
Randy Boulton USW
Ken Sagar IBEW
Anthony Stephens UPWA
2022
Marty Hathaway AFSCME
Bill Gerhard LIUNA
Rich Running UPWA
2023
Sandy Opstvedt IBEW/PPME
Chris Lauritsen UFCW
Robert Wright LIUNA