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2009 Awards Celebration

Join us for the fifth annual American Rights at Work Awards Celebration as we honor the recipients of our Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for championing workers' rights as human rights. 2009 Awards Celebration

November 18, 2009
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
5:30 p.m. - Reception
7:00 p.m. - Awards Program

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Our emcee this year is Jim Hightower, former Texas Agriculture Commisioner and nationally-renowned commentator, writer, speaker, and author.

This year's honorees include:

  • John J. Sweeney
    For his outstanding lifelong leadership in the labor movement and passionate dedication to broadening support for workers' rights as a founding board member of American Rights at Work.
  • Business Leaders for a Fair Economy 
    For speaking out on the Employee Free Choice Act as sound public policy that benefits both workers and businesses, creating a path to a lasting economic recovery.
    Accepting the award: Roger Smith, American Income Life Insurance Company; Darren Horndasch, Wisconsin Vision; Damien Miller, Comet Way; Diana Ortiz, Ortiz Enterprises LLC.
  • Richard Schiff
    For raising awareness of the plight of America's workers through the Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act campaign and promoting meaningful labor law reform.
 
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