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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