Hall of Honor Inductees

The Labor Hall of Honor recognizes individuals and groups whose distinctive contributions to the field of labor have enhanced the quality of life of millions - yesterday, today, and for generations to come. Nominees are considered on a rolling basis, and formal induction ceremonies are conducted at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. You can read more about each member of the hall by clicking on the names listed below.

YearInductee
2025President Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 
2024President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
2024Filipino Labor Leaders of the Delano Grape Strike
2023The Bostock Plaintiffs
2023El Monte Thai Garment Workers
2022The Essential Workers of the Coronavirus Pandemic
2020The Rosies: Women Riveters, Welders & and World War II Industry Workers
2019Robert P. Griffin
2019Howard Jenkins Jr
2018Ronald Reagan
2016Frank Kameny
2015Janet L. Norwood
2015Carroll D Wright
2015Edward (Ted) M. Kennedy
2014The Chinese Railroad Workers
2013Esther Peterson
2013Bayard Rustin
2012Dolores Huerta
2012Mark Ayers
2012Tony Mazzocchi
2012Rev. Addie Wyatt
2012The Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement
2011The Workers of the Memphis Sanitation Strike
2010Helen Keller
2010Justin Dart Jr.
2008Leonard F. Woodcock
2008John Willard Marriott
2007William B. Wilson
2007Adolphus Busch
2006Alfred E. Smith
2006Charles R. Walgreen
2005Peter J. Brennan
2005Robert Wood Johnson II
2004Peter J. McGuire
2004Harley-Davidson
2003Steve Young
2003Milton Hershey
2003Paul Hall
2002Lane Kirkland
2002James E. Casey
20029/11 Rescue Workers
2000Joseph A. Beirne
1999Terence V. Powderly
1998Cesar E. Chavez
1997David A. Morse
1996William Green
1995Arthur J. Goldberg
1994George W. Taylor
1993David Dubinsky
1992Mother Jones
1992Sidney Hillman
1991Philip Murray
1991Mary Anderson
1990Robert F. Wagner
1990Walter P. Reuther
1990Henry J. Kaiser
1990Eugene V. Debs
1989A. Philip Randolph
1989Frances Perkins
1989James P. Mitchell
1989George Meany
1989John L. Lewis
1989Samuel Gompers
1989John R. Commons
1989Cyrus S. Ching
Poster for Chinese Railroad Workers

 

Photo collage Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement

 

A. Phillip Randolph

 

Mother Jones

 

Memphis Sanitation Workers

 

Joseph A. Beirne

 

Arthur J. Goldberg