Solidarity Forever Award Honorees (1990 – 2025)

1990s

• 1990 – Lane Kirkland, President, AFL-CIO
• 1991 – Richard Trumka, President, United Mine Workers (UMW)
• 1992 – Jos Williams, President, Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO
• 1993 – Michael Sacco, President, Seafarers International Union (SIU)
• 1994 – Elmer Chatak, Secretary-Treasurer, Industrial Unions, AFL-CIO
• 1995 – Esther Peterson, ACWU’s First Woman Lobbyist; Former Assistant Secretary of Labor
• 1996 – Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President (former), AFL-CIO
• 1997 – Moe Biller, President Emeritus, American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
• 1998 – Richard A. Gephardt, Former Member of Congress; President, Gephardt Government Affairs
• 1999 – Robert Georgine, President, ULLICO

2000s

• 2000 – John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
• 2002 – Melissa Gilbert, Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
• 2003 – Edward McElroy, President Emeritus, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• 2004 – Michael J. Sullivan, President, Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)
• 2005 – John Martini, International President, Roofers Union
• 2006 – Edwin Hill, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
• 2007 – Landon Butler, Landon Butler & Company
• 2008 – R. Thomas Buffenbarger, President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)
• 2009 – Joyce Flynn, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

2010s

• 2010 – Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
• 2010 – Karen Nussbaum, Executive Director, Working America
• 2010 – Bill Lucy, AFSCME
• 2011 – Jack Marco, Marco Consulting
• 2011 – Jos Williams, Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO
• 2012 – Leo Gerard, President, United Steelworkers (USW)
• 2012 – Augusta Thomas, AFGE
• 2012 – J. David Cox Sr., President, AFGE
• 2014 – Bob King, President, United Auto Workers (UAW)
• 2015 – Cecil Roberts, President, UMWA
• 2016 – Ed Smith, President & CEO, ULLICO Inc.
• 2017 – Newton B. Jones, President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB)
• 2018 – Ken Rigmaiden, General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)
• 2019 – Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

2020s

• 2020 – Eric M. Dean, President, Iron Workers (IABSORIW)
• 2022 – Lee Saunders, President, AFSCME
• 2023 – Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• 2024 – Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
• 2025 – Shawn Fain, President, United Auto Workers (UAW)
• 2026 – April Verrett, President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)