June 9, 2010
The Peggy Browning Fund will honor Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers, and Hugh J. Beins, Esq., in Washington, DC. See the Invitation & Response Form for details.

October 15 & 16, 2010
12th Annual National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference. Watch this space for details.

The Peggy Browning Fund regularly honors outstanding labor leaders and labor lawyers for their lifetime achievements on behalf of working people. Click on the links below to read more about these Social Justice Champions:

• Donald J. Capuano, Senior Partner of O'Donogue & O'Donoghue, honored June 10, 2009 in Washington, DC.

• Anna Burger, International Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU and Chair of Change to Win, honored in Philadelphia in March 2009.

• George R. Murphy, Esq. of Davis, Cowell & Bowe, honored in Washington, DC in June 2008.

• James P. Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, honored on March 19, 2008 in Philadelphia.

• Ida Torres, President of Local 3 United Storeworkers RWDSU/UFCW, and Seymour M. Waldman, Esq., of Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., honored in January, 2008 in New York City.

• Patrick W. Flynn, Recording Secretary of Teamsters Joint Council 25 and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 710, and Charles Orlove, Esq., of the union-side law firm Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, Stanton & Hernandez, honored on November 15, 2007 in Chicago.

• Mary K. O'Melveny, Esq., General Counsel to the Communications Workers of America, honored on June 21, 2007 in Washington, DC. Read Mary O'Melveny's uplifting speech.

• John J. Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO, honored at our 10th Anniversary Celebration on March 22, 2007 in Philadelphia. Read Mr. Sweeney's acceptance speech.

• Terence M. O'Sullivan, General President of the Laborers' International Union of North America, and Tom M. Kennedy, Esq., partner at Kennedy, Jennik and Murray, P.C., honored on January 25, 2007 in New York City.

• George Cohen, Esq., partner at Bredhoff & Kaiser, honored at a reception held at the AFL-CIO on June 8, 2006 in Washington, DC.

• Ted Kirsch, President of the American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania, honored on March 9, 2006 in Philadelphia.

• Judith Vladeck, Esq., of Vladeck, Waldman, Elias and Engelhard, P.C. on January 26, 2006 in New York City. Read the honoree's recollections of Peggy Browning. Read the remarks of Allison Beck, General Counsel for the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers.

• Thomas Balanoff,, President of SEIU's Illinois Council, and Gilbert A. Cornfield, Esq., a partner at Cornfield & Feldman, honored on November 9, 2005 in Chicago.

• Laurence J. Cohen, Esq., a senior partner at Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, honored on May 31, 2005 in Washington, DC.

• James A. Williams, General President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, honored on March 5, 2005 in Philadelphia.

• Randi Weingarten, President of the United Federation of Teachers, and Eugene G. Eisner, Esq. of Eisner & Associates, honored on January 26, 2005 in New York City.

• Wendell W. Young, III, President of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776, honored in Philadelphia on March 6, 2004.

• Marvin Miller, the founding Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), honored on January 28, 2004 in New York City.
  Read some of the speeches from the evening:
  Marvin Miller, Founding Executive Director of the MLBPA
  Jim Bouton, Author & Former Major League Pitcher
  Don Fehr, Executive Director Major League Baseball Players Association
  Joe Torre, New York Yankees Coach

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