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OASAM News Release: [10/19/2007]
Contact Name: Sharon Worthy
Phone Number: 202-693-4676
Release Number: 06-1627-NAT
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announces
2007 Labor Hall of Fame induction
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced that the 19th annual Labor Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m. EST, in the Great Hall of the department’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will honor Adolphus Busch, founder of Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co., and William B. Wilson, the first U.S. secretary of labor and former secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America.
The Labor Hall of Fame, established in 1989 by Friends of the Department and managed since 2000 by the Department of Labor, honors posthumously those Americans who have contributed to the field of labor, including industry leaders, public officials and the American worker.
Information about previous Labor Hall of Fame ceremonies can be found at www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/laborhall.
WHAT: |
19th annual Labor Hall of Fame induction ceremony |
WHO: |
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao presiding |
| HONOREE: |
Adolphus Busch, posthumously
founder, Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. |
HONOREE: |
William B. Wilson, posthumously
first U.S. Secretary of Labor
former secretary-treasurer, United Mine Workers of America |
WHEN: |
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m. EST |
WHERE: |
U.S. Department of Labor
Great Hall
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. |
Media planning to cover this event must notify Sharon Worthy at 202-693-4676 or worthy.sharon@dol.gov no later than Nov. 8.
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