2018
Ed Smith
West Virginia Teachers and School Service Personnel
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL)
2017
Paul Booth
The American Postal Workers Union
2016
Amalgamated Bank
The Writers of Orange Is the New Black
2015
María Elena Durazo, UNITE-HERE
Jack Marco, Marco Consulting
Worker-leaders of the San Francisco Retail Workers Bill of Rights Campaign
2014
George Cohen, Former Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
President Randi Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers
The Workers of the Chattanooga, Tennesseee, Volkswagen Plant
2013
Katrina vanden Heuvel and The Nation
New York City’s Fast Food Strikers
General President Terry O’Sullivan and LIUNA
2012
Per-Olof Sjoo and Bill Street, IAMAW
DeMaurice Smith, NFLPA
2011
James Cromwell
ARAW Founding Individuals and Organizations
United Streetcar
2010
Beth Shulman
Gerding Elden Development, Inc.
Howard Zinn
2009
Business Leaders for a Fair Economy
John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO
Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford
2008
Gamesa Technology Corporation
Governor Kathleen Sebelius
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
2007
Human Rights Watch
Judge Greg Mathis
Kaiser Permanente
2006
Cingular Wireless
Danny Glover
Studs Terkel
Tom Morello
Walden Asset Management
2005
Catholic Healthcare West
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Ossie Davis
Student Labor Week of Action