Awards Receptions
Past Events
New York City Awards Reception
September 16th,2024
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us as we present The Peggy Browning Award to:
Kent Y. Hirozawa | Partner, Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, LLP
Paul O'Connor | Business Manager, UA Local 1
Washington D.C. Awards Reception
April 4th,2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us as we present The Peggy Browning Award to:
Chicago Awards Reception
November 15th,2023
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us as we present The Peggy Browning Award to:
Donald Finn | Manager / Financial Secretary, IBEW Local 134
Debra Simmons-Peterson | President, Teamsters Local 743
Michael H. Slutsky | Of Counsel, Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C.
New York Awards Reception
April 25th,2023
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us as we present The Peggy Browning Award to:
Kuba J. Brown | Business Manager, IUOE Local 94
Daniel Ratner | Partner, Levy Ratner
Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN | President, NYSNA
San Francisco Awards Reception
September 15th,2022
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Honoring:
Lorena Gonzalez, California Labor Federation
Catherine Fisk, Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
Child Care Providers United (CCPU), Historic First Contract
DC 25th Anniversary Awards Reception
June 1st,2022
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Honoring:
Mary Kay Henry, International President, SEIU
Mark Gaston Pearce, Visiting Professor/Executive Director, Georgetown Workers' Rights Initiative
New York 25th Anniversary Awards Reception
May 4th,2022
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Maria Castaneda, Secretary-Treasurer, 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East
Franklin K. Moss, Partner, Spivak Lipton LLP
Jacquelin F. Drucker, Arbitrator, Arbitration Offices of Jacquelin F. Drucker, Esq.
Philadelphia 25th Anniversary Virtual Awards Program
April 13th,2022
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The Peggy Browning Fund's 2022 25th Anniversary Philadelphia Virtual Awards Program is very special this year as we recognize 25 years of the Peggy Browning Fund and the career and accomplishments of our retired Executive Director, Mary Anne Moffa.
Chicago Awards Reception
November 9th,2021
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Honoring:
Robert G. Reiter, Jr., president, Chicago Federation of Labor
Barry M. Bennett, partner, Dowd, Bloch, Bennett, Cervone,Auerbach & Yokich
Stephen A. Yokich, partner, Dowd, Bloch, Bennett, Cervone, Auerbach & Yokich
Beatrice Lumpkin, organizer, activist, professor & writer
DC Virtual Awards Program
June 16th,2021
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Honoring:
Fred Redmond, International Vice President, United Steelworkers
Patricia Shea, General Counsel, Communications Workers of America
Barry S. Slevin, President, Slevin & Hart, P.C.
New York Virtual Awards Program
May 12th,2021
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Honoring:
George K. Gresham, President, 1199SEIU - United Healthcare Workers East
Amy S. Young, District Counsel, CWA District One
Daniel F. Brent, Arbitrator and Mediator
And Remembering: Joseph J. Vitale
Philadelphia Virtual Awards Program
April 15th,2021
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Honoring:
Catherine Scott, President, AFSCME District Council 47
Nicole Hunt, President, UNITE HERE! Local 634
Joel Weisblatt, Arbitrator & Mediator
Los Angeles Virtual Awards Program
March 3rd,2021
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Honoring:
Eric Tate, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 848
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, COO & General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA
Educators Campaign, United Teachers Los Angeles
New York Virtual Awards Program
September 30th,2020
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Honoring:
Michael Apuzzo, Business Manager, Plumbers Local 1
Brent Garren, Deputy General Counsel, SEIU 32BJ
Rosemary Townley, Arbitrator
Washington, DC Stay-At-Home Request
June 23rd,2020
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Due to the coronavirus crisis, we are not able to hold our annual Washington, DC Awards Reception as planned. Instead, we ask you to use your stay-at-home time to support our Summer Fellows and programs. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite libation, enjoy your favorite snack and imagine that you are at our annual reception when you're really in the comfort of home.
Philadelphia Awards Reception
March 4th,2020
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Patrick Eiding, President, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Samuel H. Pond, Managing Partner, Pond Lehocky
Ralph H. Colflesh, Arbitrator
San Francisco Awards Reception
February 13th,2020
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Jason Rabinowitz, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 2010 & Director, IBT Public Services Division
Stephen P. Berzon, Founding Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP
Roxanne Sanchez, Senior Advisor, SEIU
United Domestic Workers of America
Chicago Awards Reception
November 14th,2019
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Thomas M. Conway, Int'l Vice President Administration, United Steelworkers
David R. McCall, Director, District 1, United Steelworkers
Robert Bloch, Partner, Dowd, Bloch, Bennett, Cervone, Auerbach & Yokich
Fight for $15 Campaign
DC Awards Reception
June 6th,2019
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Eric Dean, General President, Int'l Assoc. of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental &
Reinforcing Iron Workers
Ted Green, General Counsel, Laborers Int'l Union of North America
Peg Seminario, Safety and Health Director, AFL-CIO
New York Awards Reception
April 9th,2019
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Matthew D. Loeb, Int'l President, IATSE
Richard Maroko, General Counsel, New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council
Marlene Gold, Arbitrator and Mediator
Philadelphia Awards Reception
March 7th,2019
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Presenting the Peggy Browning Labor & Management Award to:
The PA Convention Center in Philadelphia, and
IATSE Local 8 IBEW Local 98 Ironworkers Local 401 Laborers Local 332
And the Peggy Browning Award to:
Ken Egger, Vice President, American Arbitration Association
Los Angeles Awards Reception
February 21st,2019
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Ron Herrera, Vice President Western Region, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters
Gabrielle Carteris, President, SAG-AFTRA
Glenn Rothner, Partner, Rothner, Segall & Greenstone
DC Awards Reception
June 21st,2018
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Kenneth E. Rigmaiden, General President, Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades
Jennifer A. Abruzzo, Special Counsel for Strategic Initiatives, Communications Workers of America
Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees
San Francisco Awards Reception
May 3rd,2018
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Yvonne M. Williams, President & Business Agent, ATU Local 192
Barry Broad, Managing Partner, Broad & Gusman, LLP
Frances Schreiberg, Of Counsel, Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood
Silicon Valley Rising, Maria Noel Fernandez, Campaign Director
New York Awards Reception
April 24th,2018
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Richard Lanigan, President, OPEIU
William Hill, Vice Chair, BAC & President, Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Local 7
John E. Sands, Esq., Arbitrator and Mediator
Philadelphia Awards Reception
March 7th,2018
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Michael Barnes, Int'l Vice President & President, IATSE Local 8
Esteban Vera, Jr., Business Manager, Laborers' Local 57
Mariann E. Schick, Esq., Arbitrator & Mediator
Chicago Awards Reception
November 14th,2017
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Honoring:
James P. Connolly, Business Manager, Laborers' District Council of Chicago & Vicinity
Stanley Eisenstein, Esq., Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson & Bareck, PC
Craig Rosenbaum, Esq., Executive Director & General Counsel, Chicago News Guild
Los Angeles Awards Reception
September 14th,2017
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
Alejandra Valles, Secretary Treasurer/Chief of Staff, SEIU USWW
Victor Narro, Project Director, UCLA Labor Center
Justice for Port Drivers Campaign, IBT
DC Awards Reception
June 21st,2017
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Honoring:
James T. Callahan, General President, Int'l Union of Operating Engineers
PBF Founding Advisory Board Members:
Allison Beck, Former Director, FMCS, Former GC, IAMAW
Laurence Cohen, Former GC, IBEW
Fred Feinstein, Former GC, NLRB
Jonathan P. Hiatt, Chief of Staff, Exec. Asst. to President, AFL-CIO
Kathy L. Krieger, James & Hoffmann, PC
Joseph Lurie, President & Founder, Peggy Browning Fund
George L. Murphy, Murphy Anderson PLLC
William W. Osborne, Jr., Osborne Law Offices, PC
Judith A. Scott, James & Hoffmann, PC, Former GC, SEIU
New York Awards Reception
April 27th,2017
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue & 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Honoring:
Christopher Erikson, Business Manager, IBEW Local 3
Jane Lauer Barker, Esq., Partner, Pitta LLP
Carol A. Wittenberg, Arbitrator and Mediator
M. Patricia Smith, Esq., Special Recognition, Former Solicitor of Labor
Philadelphia Awards Reception
March 7th,2017
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Penns Landing Caterers
1301 S. Columbus Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Honoring:
Gary Masino, President/Business Manager, Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19
Neal Bisno, Executive Vice President, SEIU
Walt De Treux, Esq., Arbitrator & Mediator
San Francisco Awards Reception
September 29th,2016
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
Emerald Ballroom
1500 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
Honoring:
Lou Paulson, President, California Profesional Firefighters
Peter Nussbaum, Esq., Formerly with Altshuler Berzon LLP
Fight For 15 Campaign, East Bay Organizing Committee
DC Awards Reception
June 8th,2016
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
AFL-CIO Lobby and Gompers Room
815 Sixteenth Street
Washington, DC 20006
Honoring:
Larry Cohen, Past President, Communications Workers of America
Richard J. Brean, Esq., General Counsel, United Steelworkers
Elizabeth Bunn, Director of Organizing, AFL-CIO
New York Awards Reception
April 6th,2016
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue & 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Honoring:
John Samuelsen, President, Transport Workers Union, Local 100
Carol O'Rourke Pennington, Esq., Colleran O'Hara & Mills, LLP
Howard Edelman, Esq., Arbitrator & Mediator
Philadelphia Awards Reception
March 10th,2016
5:50 pm - 8:50 pm
Penns Landing Caterers
1301 S. Columbus Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Honoring:
Ryan N. Boyer, Business Manager, Laborers' District Council of Philadelphia
Margaret R. Brogan, Esq., Arbitrator & Mediator
Chicago Awards Reception
November 10th,2015
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
301 East North Water Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Honoring:
Jorge Ramirez, President, Chicago Federation of Labor
Keith Kelleher, President, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana
Thomas Allison, Esq., Of Counsel, Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy PC
DC Awards Reception
June 10th,2015
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
AFL-CIO Lobby and Gompers Room
815 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Honoring:
R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International President, IAMAW
Mary Joyce Carlson, Esq., Attorney at Law
Homer C. LaRue, Esq., Arbitrator, Mediator & Professor of Law
Host Committee:
Michael Artz Richard Brean Daniel Bush Paula Caira George Davies Fred Feinstein Leah Ford John Granger Joseph Guerrieri, Jr. Edgar James Rhonda Gelman Kelley James Kokolas Joseph Lurie William Lurye Andrew McDonald Mary Anne Moffa Vincent Pitta David Prouty Gino Renne Lynn Rhinehart Mark Schneider Judith Scott Joseph Sellers Barry Slevin Robert Stropp, Jr. Derrick Strosnider Patrick Szymanski Rod Tanner Dennis Walsh Marley Weiss Gwynne Wilcox
SPONSORS (As of 6-8-15)
Steward Sponsor
IAMAW
LiUNA!
Guardian Sponsor
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Int'l Brotherhood of Boilermakers
UFCW Local 1994
Fellow Sponsor
John W. Granger II
Guerrieri, Clayman, Bartos & Parcelli, PC
James & Hoffman, PC
Tanner & Associates, PC
UFCW Local 1996
Advocate Sponsor
AMERIPAC
Blue Cross/Blue Shield National Labor Office
Bredhoff & Kaiser PLLC
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Int'l Union
Calibre CPA Group PLLC
IUPAT
Motley Rice LLC
Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer and Yellig, PC
Slevin & Hart, PC
UFCW Local 400
UFCW Local 1245
ULLICO Inc.
Friend
The Bill Press Show
Barbara J. Kraft & Peter Winkler
Homer C. La Rue
Osborne Law Offices
Sheet Metal Workers' Local 100
Donor
Orrin D. Baird
BerlinRosen
DC Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 36
Greensburgh Uniformed Firefighters Assoc. Inc. Local 1586
Carol Pope
George Wiszynski
New York Awards Reception
April 16th,2015
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue & 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Honoring:
Richard B. Roberts, Business Agent at Large, Enterprise Association of Steamfitters Local 638
Amy Gladstein, Esq., Partner, Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, LLP
Barbara Deinhardt, Esq., Arbitrator
Host Committee:
Vincent Alvarez Michael Artz Nicole Berner Michael Bernstein Esta Bigler Richard Brean Daniel Brent Mario Cilento Richard Corenthal Patrick Dolan Robert Egan Lisa Gomez Pamela Jeffrey Rhonda Gelman Kelley Thomas Kennedy Bernard King Deborah King James Kokolas Gary LaBarbera Randi Lowitt Joseph Lurie Beth Margolis Mary Anne Moffa Daniel Murphy Thomas Murray Jay Nadelbach Wayne Outten Vincent Pitta Jeffrey Pollack David Prouty Daniel Ratner James Reif Lynn Rhinehart Judith Scott Dan Silverman Patrick Szymanski Dennis Walsh Gwynne Wilcox
SPONSORS (As of April 15, 2015)
Steward Sponsor
Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Ironworkers Local 46
Guardian Sponsors
1199 SEIU
Enterprise Assoc. of Steamfitters Local 638
The Floyd and Barbara Warkol Charitable Foundation
IBEW Local 3
New York State Pipe Trades Association
Proskauer LLP
Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP
Fellow Sponsors
ABCO Peerless Sprinkler Corporation
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 7 NY/NJ
Building Trades Employers' Association
Gladstein, Reif and Meginniss, LLP
Maimonides Medical Center
NY Hotel Trades Council/UNITE HERE! Local 6
Outten & Golden LLP
Plumbers Local Union No. 1
SEIU Local 32BJ
Sound Refrigeration & A/C, Inc.
Turner Construction Company
Advocate Sponsors
Richard Adelman
Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, LLC
Blitman & King LLP
Bredhoff & Kaiser
Building & Construction Trades Council of Nassau & Suffolk
Cement & Concrete Workers District Council of NY No. 16
Colleran, O'Hara & Mills
Durr Mechanical Construction Inc.
Empire BlueCross BlueSheild
Epic Mechanical Contractors, LLC
Falk Technical Services Corporation
Interstate Mechanical Services, Inc.
Island Fire Sprinkler, Inc.
Laborers Eastern Region Organizing Fund
Liberty Pipe Inc.
Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly PC
Lord, Abbett & Company., LLC
Major League Baseball Players Association
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, PC
New York City Central Labor Council
New York State AFL-CIO
Pace Cares Corporation
Pipefitters Local 274
R&S Associates
Martin Scheinman
Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 28
Sprinkler Fitters Local 696
Steamfitting Industry Fund of NY & Long Island
Tishman Construction
UNITE HERE!
Friends
BerlinRosen Public Affairs
Current Fire Protection Inc.
Robert Molofsky
George Nicolau
Steamfitters Local 475
UA Local 13
Donors
Claudia Davidson
Framan Mechanical Inc.
Gorlick, Kravitz & Listhaus, PC
Healey & Hornack, PC
Pamela Jeffrey
Gary Kendellen
Benetta Mansfield
Michael James Industries
Nat'l Employment Law Project, Inc.
Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP
UA Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 12
Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP
Philadelphia Awards Reception
March 19th,2015
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Penns Landing Caterers
1301 S. Columbus Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Honoring:
John Kane, Business Manager & Secretary/Treasurer, Plumbers Union Local 690
Joan Parker, Arbitrator, Mediator & Educator
Wendell Young IV, President, UFCW Local 1776
Host Committee:
Michael Artz Joseph Ashdale Pasquale Bianculli Neal Bisno Richard Bloomingdale Richard Brean Daniel Brent Robert Curley Shyam Das Stuart Davidson Walter DeTreux John Dougherty Kenneth Egger Patrick Eiding David Fillman Anthony Gallagher Michael Hanlon Walter Higgins Kenneth Jarin Charles Joyce Rhonda Gelman Kelley Michele Kessler Ted Kirsch James Kokolas Barbara Lichtman Joseph Lurie Gary Masino Judith Meyer Kathleen Miller Wayne Miller Mary Anne Moffa Robert O'Brien Dennis Pagliotti Samuel Pond Regina Reardon Lynn Rhinehart Richard Sigmond Samuel Spear Alan Symonette Patrick Szymanski Hon. Christine Tartaglione Dennis P. Walsh Jonathan Walters Gwynne Wilcox Deborah Willig Herman Wooden
SPONSORS (As of March 20, 2015)
Steward Sponsor
IBEW Local 98
Guardian Sponsors
Joan Parker
UFCW Local 1776
Fellow Sponsors
AFGE District 3
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC
CWA District 2-13
Healthcare Strategies, Inc.
IUPAT District Council 21
Mechanical & Service Contractors Assoc.
RXDN
Willig, Williams & Davidson
Advocate Sponsors
Ace Reporters, Inc.
AETNA
AFSCME District Council 13
AFSCME District Council 33
AFSCME District Council 88
Pasquale E. Bianculli
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1
Christenson Investment Partners
Cleary, Josem & Trigiani LLP
Courtney Investment Consulting Group
DeKalb Chiropractic & Rehab Services
Emerald Advisors Inc.
Express Scripts
Footer and Associates
HMC Healthworks/Catamaran
IBEW Local 614
Independence Blue Cross
Injury Care Center
Johnston Asset Management Corp.
Kline & Specter
Markowitz & Richman
Master Weinstein Schatz Moyer, PC
Nat'l Electrical Contractors Assn. PA-DE-NJ
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Plumbers Local Union No. 690
Prudential Retirement
Reed Smith LLP
Safety Research Inc.
Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, PC
The Savitz Organization
SEIU Healthcare PA
Stevens & Lee
UAW Region 9
UFCW Local 99
UFCW Local 464A
USW Local 10-00086
Friend
Ironworkers Local Union 401
Donors
Alan Ross & Company, PC
Amalgamated Life Insurance Co.
Scott E. Buchheit
Lawrence S. Coburn
Walter H. DeTreux
Dispute Resolution Center
Fox Rothschild LLP
Mattye M. Gandel
IUE-CWA Local 123
James A. Kiick
Liberty Vision Care, Inc.
Louis P. Mattucci & Assoc. Ltd.
Steven and Nancy Manket
McGonagle, Perri, McHugh & Mischak
Jeffrey B. Tener
Bonnie S. Weinstock
David H. Wilderman
Los Angeles Inaugural Awards Reception
February 3rd,2015
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
LiUNA! Local 300 Hall
2005 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Honoring:
Randy Cammack, Western Region Vice President, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters
Emma Leheny, Esq., Chief Counsel, California Teachers Association
Sergio Rascón, Vice President, LiUNA! & Business Manager, LiUNA Local 300
Host Committee
Rome Aloise Michael Artz John Baldrica Randi Bandman Rich Brean Dave Campbell Pamela Chandran Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Jeffrey Cutler Alexander Cvitan Rocco Davis, Jr. Lisa Demidovich Julie Gutman Dickinson Maria Elena Durazo Armando Esparza Ellen Greenstone Chris Griswold Ron Herrera Joe Kaplon Rhonda Gelman Kelley James Kokolas Robert LaVenture Claire Leheny Joseph Lurie Rick Middleton Mary Anne Moffa Ernesto Pantoja Art Pulaski Ed Rendon Lynn Rhinehart Susan Sachen Hope Singer Jay Smith Laura Stein Brenda Sutton-Wills Patrick Szymanski Laurie Traktman Dennis Walsh Gwynne Wilcox Henry Willis
SPONSORS (As of Jan. 30, 2015)
Steward Sponsor
Teamsters Joint Council 42
Teamsters Local 63
Guardian Sponsor
IBEW Local 11
Laborers' Int'l Union of North America
LiUNA! Local 300
Northern CA District Council of Laborers
Southern CA District Council of Laborers
TDA Investment Group, Inc.
Teamsters Joint Council 7
Teamsters Local 572
Teamsters Local 986
United Nurses Assns of CA/Union of Health Care Professionals
Fellow Sponsor
California Labor Federation
First ULB Corporation
Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC
Kaiser Permanente
LiUNA! Local 89
LiUNA! Local 261
LiUNA! Local 270
LiUNA! Local 652
Loomis Sayles & Company, Inc.
Northwest Administrators
Reich, Adell & Cvitan
Rothner, Segall & Greenstone
SAG-AFTRA
Segal Consulting
US Bank Institutional Trust & Custody
Advocate Sponsor
AFGE District 12
AFSCME Local 3090
A.J. Longo & Associates
Altshuler Berzon LLP
The American Friends of Yitzhak Rabin Center
Bush Gottlieb et al.
California Teachers Association Legal Dept.
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
DMC Insurance Administrators, Inc.
ECA
Gunite Workers Union Local 345
IATSE West Coast Office
IUOE Local 3
JL Levey Associates
Lindquist LLP
LiUNA! Local 294
LiUNA! Local 304
LiUNA! Local 324
LiUNA! Local 1309
LiUNA! Local 1414 - Plaster Tenders of So. CA
LiUNA! Pacific Southwest Region
Northeastern University School of Law
Pacific Southwest Administrators
Rothschild Wishek & Sands LLP
Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrmann & Sommers, LLP
Jacqueline Smethurst & David Drinkwater
State Building & Construciton Trades Council of CA
ULLICO Inc.
USW District 10
USW District 12
USW Local 675
Victory Capital Management
Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld
Zenith American Solutions
Friend
AFSCME Local 2626
Cement Masons Local 600
Langenkamp, Curtis & Price, LLP
McMorgan & Company
Superior Ideas & Promotions, Inc.
Teamsters Local 856
Donor
IUOE Local 501
Claire Leheny
LiUNA! Local 1184
16th Annual National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference
October 17th,2014 - 5:30 pm
October 18th,2014 5:00 pm
If you're a law student interested in workers' rights issues, the National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference is an exciting opportunity to meet labor law experts and practitioners as well as other law students from throughout the nation with the same interests.
To review the conference schedule, facilitators and Keynote Speaker click on the button below.
If you would like to become a conference sponsor please click on the information button below.
Sponsors
Program Sponsors
IBEW Local 11
Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Laborers Eastern Region Organizing Fund
Session Sponsor
United Auto Workers
Workshop Sponsors
American University Washington College of Law
California Western School of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
IAMAW
IATSE West Coast Office
Int'l Association of Fire Fighters
Int'l Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
Laborers' District Council of Chicago & Vicinity
Nat'l Association of Letter Carriers
Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Rutgers University School of Law, Newark
Sheet Metal Workers' Int'l Assoc. Local Union 19
Temple University Beasley School of Law
ULLICO Inc.
University of Notre Dame Law School
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
USW Local 10-00086
Tote Bag Sponsor
California School Employees Assn.
CUNY School of Law
The McLaughlin Company
Pitta & Giblin LLP
Sponsor-A-Student
AFSCME District Council 88
Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Ltd.
CWA District 4
Drexel University School of Law
John H. Ferguson
IATSE
Laborers Local Union 57
LiUNA! Local 4
2014 DC Reception
June 18th,2014
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
AFL-CIO Lobby and Gompers Room
815 Sixteenth Street
Washington, DC 20006
Honoring:
J. David Cox, President, AFGE
Robert M. Weinberg, Esq.
Lafe Solomon, Esq.
Host Committee
Michael Artz Marshall Babson Craig Becker David Borer Richard Brean Charles Cohen Larry Cohen Stuart Davidson Susan Davis Leon Dayan Larry Engelstein Fred Feinstein Regelio "Roy" Flores Leah Ford Sarah Fox Essie Hogue Eugene Hudson, Jr. Rhonda Gelman Kelley Gary Kohlman James Kokolas Joseph Lurie William Luyre Mary Anne Moffa Alice O'Brien Steven Oram William Osborne, Jr. Lynn Rhinehart Judith Scott Robert Stropp, Jr. Patrick Szymanski Augusta Thomas John Toner Dennis Walsh Marley Weiss Gwynne Wilcox Eric Young
Sponsors (As of June 10, 2014)
Steward Sponsor
AFGE
Guardian Sponsors
Benefit Architects
Bredhoff & Kaiser
The Meltzer Group
Purchasing Power, LLC
Fellow Sponsors
AFGE Local 1738
AmericaWorks
The Bill Press Show
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers
Communication Workers of America
Garland-Hill Agency, Inc.
Eugene Hudson, Jr.
K&R Industries
LIUNA
ULLICO Inc.
Advocate Sponsors
AFGE Council of Prison Locals 33
AFGE District 2
AFGE District 3
AFGE District 5
AFGE District 6
AFGE District 7
AFGE District 8
AFGE District 9
AFGE District 10
AFGE District 12
AFGE District 14
AFGE Nat'l Border Patrol Council 83
AFGE Nat'l VA Council 53
AFGE TSA Council 100
Beins Axelrod, PC
Calibre CPA Group
CCS Limo
Convention Services Unlimited
Eberts and Harrison, Inc.
Karen & John Ferguson
James and Hoffman, PC
Kircher Suetholz & Grayson PSC
Mosaic
Mount Vernon Printing Company
O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue
Oram & Moss
Revolution Messaging, LLC
Road Sprinkler Fitters Local No. 669
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, PC
Slevin & Hart, PC
United Mine Workers of America
Willig, Williams & Davidson
New York City Reception
April 8th,2014 - 5:45 pm
April 9th,2014 5:00 pm
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue & 53rd Street
5:45 pm Networking, Open Bar and Buffet Dinner
7:30 pm Awards Presentations
Honoring:
Terry Moore, Business Manager, Local 46 Metallic Lathers Union
Richard Levy, Esq., Partner, Levy Ratner, PC
Hezekiah Brown, Arbitrator
Host Committee:
Vincent Alvarez Michael Artz Mitra Behroozi Esta Bigler Irwin Bluestein Richard Brean Tommy Brown Daniel Brent Mark Brossman Mario Cilento Bruce Cooper Susan Davis Richard Gaba Lisa Gomez Jonathan Hiatt Pamela Jeffrey Rhonda Gelman Kelley Kevin Kelly Thomas Kennedy Deborah King James Kokolas Gary LaBarbara Randi Lowitt Joseph Lurie Richard Markowitz Mary Anne Moffa Daniel Murphy Thomas Murray Jay Nadelbach Wayne Outten Vincent Pitta Jeffrey Pollack David Prouty Daniel Ratner James Reif Lynn Rhinehart Richard Roberts David Scott Judith Scott John Skinner David Stein Patrick Szymanski Alan Viani Dennis Walsh Gwynne Wilcox
Sponsors (As of 5-6-14)
Steward Sponsor
B&R Rebar Consultants, Inc.
Emblem Health
Guardian Sponsors
Amalgamated Bank of New York
Atlantic Reinforcing Concrete Co., Inc.
Laborers Eastern Region Organizing Fund
Levy Ratner, PC
Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Ironworkers Local 46
Metallic Lathers Local 46 - LMCT
NY Hotel Trades Council/UNITE HERE! Local 6
New York State Iron Workers District Council
Pitta & Giblin, LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP
Fellow Sponsors
B. P. Precise Construction
C.B. Contracting Corporation
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Federal Law Enforcement Foundation
Gtr. New York LECET
Ironworkers Local Union 197
Ironworkers Local 580
LMC Specialties, Inc.
Pinnacle Industries II, LLC
Plumbers Local One
Rebar Steel Corporation
Sacks & Sacks
SEIU Local 32BJ
Sheet Metal Workers Local 28
United Federation of Teachers
Advocate Sponsors
AmericaWorks
Anonymous
Bloch O'Toole & Murphy, LLP
Daniel Brent & Sally Steinberg Brent
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1 NY
Building & Construction Trades of Gtr NY
Building & Construction Trades of Nassau & Suffolk
Cary Kane LLP
Cigna
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC
CWA District One
CWA Local 1180
Dinkes & Schwitzer
EnTrust
General Contactors Assoc.of New York
Dennis M. Hughes
Insulators & Allied Workers Local 12
Interstate Mechanical Services, Inc.
IUOE Local 15, 15A, 15B, 15C & 15D
Locker Associates
The Marco Consulting Group
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, PC
Milliman, Inc.
NYC Central Labor Council
New York State AFL-CIO
Outten & Golden, LLP
Principal Global Investors
Professional Staff Congress/CUNY
RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
Retreat at Lancaster County
Reynolds Consulting Services, LLC
Richmond Rebar, LLC
Martin Scheinman, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Scott + Scott, LLP
Skanksa USA
Stacey Braun Associates, Inc.
Structural Steel & Bridge Painters Local 806
UAW Region 9A
Alan R. Viani, Esq.
The Yucaipa Companies
Friend
Ironworkers Local 12
Homer C. LaRue
NYS Federation of Physicians & Dentists
Schultheis & Panettieri, LLP
Donors
Big Daddy's Kitchen
Creithton, Johnsen & Giroux
Friends of Dan Quart
Allan Greenwald
Jonathan Hiatt, Esq.
IUOE Local 68, 68A & 68B
David Prouty, Esq.
2014 Philadelphia Reception
March 20th,2014 - 5:45 pm
April 24th,2014 8:30 pm
Penns Landing Caterers
1301 S. Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA
5:45 p.m. Cocktails and Buffet Dinner
7:15 p.m. Awards Presentations
Honoring:
Walter Higgins, Business Manager
LiUNA Local 57
Pasquale Bianculli, Esq., Counsel
IBEW Local 98
Alan Symonette, Esq., Arbitrator
Host Committee
Dr. Ray Abdallah Michael Artz Joe Ashdale Neal Bisno Rick Bloomingdale Ryan Boyer Richard Brean Mike Carfagno Bob Curley Stuart Davidson Walter DeTreux John Dooley John Dougherty Thomas Duffy Ken Egger Pat Eiding William Ewing Debbie Frech Tom Giordano Dr. William Ingram II Rhonda Gelman Kelley Ted Kirsch James Kokolas Jerry Lehocky Barbara Lichtman Joseph Lurie Mary Anne Moffa Dorothy Moore-Duncan Robert O'Brien Sam Pond Dr. Brian Raditz Abe Reich Lynn Rhinehart Stanley Sanders Mariann Schick Richard Sigmond Samuel Spear David Stern Patrick Szymanski Tim Tietze Michael van der Veen Esteban Vera Dennis Walsh Gwynne Wilcox Wendell Young IV
Sponsors (As of 5-6-14)
Steward Sponsor
IBEW Local 98
Laborers' Local Union 57
Guardian Sponsors
Pasquale Bianculli, Esq.
Kline & Specter
Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano
Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, PC
Sprague & Sprague
Union Services Access
Fellow Sponsor
Hatzel & Buehler, Inc.
IUPAT District Council 21
LiUNA Mid Atlantic Region
SEI Investment Company
Advocate Sponsors
Ace Reporters, Inc.
AFSCME District Council 88
AFT Pennsylvania
Anthony Cerone
DeKalb Chiropractic & Rehab Services
Duffy + Partners
William Ewing
Fox Rothschild, LLP
Heavy & Highway Construction Workers Local 158
William T. Ingram, II DO
The Injury Care Center, LLC
IUPAT
Law Offices of John T. Dooley, LLC
LECET
Markowitz & Richman
Master Weinstein Schatz Moyer, PC
Nat'l Electrical Contractors Assn. PA-DE-NJ Chapters
Open MRI of Bala Cynwyd
PA AFL-CIO
Plumbers Local Union 690
Brian S. Raditz, MD
George L. Rodriguez, MD
Safety Research Inc.
Scomed Medical Supply, Inc.
SEIU Healthcare PA
UFCW Local 1776
USW District 10
Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller
Friends
Anapol Schwartz
Walter H. De Treux
Soloff & Zervanos
Teamsters Local 115
UFCW Local 23
USW Local 10-1
Donors
AFGE Local 1916
Anonymous
Margaret Brogan
Cleary, Josem & Trigiani LLP
Fidelio Insurance Company
IUOE Local 68-68A-68B
Louis P. Mattucci & Associates Ltd.
McMonagle, Perri, McHugh & Mischak, PC
Perssonal Health Chiropractic
Jeffrey B. Tener
Utility Line Services, Inc.
2014 San Francisco Awards Reception
February 13th,2014
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
1500 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94109
5:30 pm - Networking, Cash Bar and Buffet Dinner
7:15 pm - Awards Presentations
Honoring:
Mike Garcia, President SEIU United Service Workers West
David A. Rosenfeld, Esq., Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld
Hon. Joseph R. Grodin, Arbitrator & Mediator
Host Committee:
Rome Aloise Michael Artz Eileen Bissen Burton Boltuch Richard Brean John Davis Jr. Ruben Garcia Richard Grosboll Chris Gruwell Barry Hinkle Christine Hwang Rick Jacobs Rhonda Gelman Kelley James Kokolas Conchita Lozano-Bastista Joseph Lurie Jim McNulty Mary Anne Moffa Lindsay Nicholas Tim Paulson Geoffrey Piller Art Pulaski Lynn Rhinehart Michael Rubin Susan Sachen Jahan Sagafi Sheila Sexton Diane Sidd-Champion Frank Silver William Sokol Patrick Szymanski Michael Theriault Dennis Walsh Gwynne Wilcox Ronald Yank Jon Youngdahl
Sponsors (As of 5-6-14)
Steward Sponsors
SEIU California
SEIU USWW
Guardian Sponsors
Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Securitas USA
Teamsters Joint Council 7
Teamsters Local 439
Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld
Fellow Sponsors
Boxer & Gerson LLP
California Labor Federation
IAM District Lodge 190
Int'l Brotherhood of Boilermakers
IUOE Local 39
LiUNA No. CA District Council
LiUNA Local 261
No. CA Carpenters Regional Council
Outten & Golden LLP
Advocate Sponsors
Altshuler Berzon LLP
Hon. Joseph Grodin
Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 16
IUOE Local 3
LiUNA Pacific Southwest Region
Renne, Sloan, Holtzman & Sakai
SEIU Local 721
So. CA District Council of Laborers
State Building & Construction Trades Council of CA
Teamsters Local 853
UFCW Local 5
Gustavo Valdivia
Ronald Yank
Friends
Richard Grosboll
IBEW Local 6
Lipman Insurance Administrators, Inc.
McCarthy, Johnson & Miller
Teamsters Local 150
Teamsters Local 396
Teamsters Local 517
Teamsters Local 665
Teamsters Local 856
Teamsters Local 912
Teamsters Local 948
Donor
Claude D. Ames
Duane B. Beeson
Building & Construction Trades, AFL-CIO
Trucker Huss, APC
Louis M. Zigman
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