Labor Hall of Honor


The United States Department of Labor Hall of Honor is in the Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. It is a monument to honor Americans who have made a positive :wikt:contribution|contribution to how people in the United States work and live.

Hall of Honor

The people and groups who are honored have all improved :en:wikt:working conditions|working conditions, :wikt:wage|wages, and over-all quality of life for American workers. The Hall of Honor was first planned during the John F. Kennedy administration in 1962. The hall was started in 1988. The people to be given this honor are selected each year by a panel inside the Department of Labor. Each must have made a major contribution, and the award is given posthumously with the lone exception of 2012 inductee Delores Huerta.

Inductees

Those who have been :wikt:induction|inducted into the Hall of Honor are: