IOWA FEDERATION OF LABOR, AFL-CIO
LABOR HALL OF FAME
Each year at convention, we honor union leaders by inducting up to three of them into the “Labor Hall of Fame.”
There is a plaque honoring these inductees at the John L. Lewis Labor Museum in Lucas, Iowa.
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| Name | City | Union |
| JOHN L. LEWIS | Lucas, Iowa | United Mine Workers |
| VERNON DALE | Muscatine, Iowa | Amalgamated Clothing Workers |
| VERNON DAVIS | Des Moines, Iowa | Painters& Iowa Federation of Labor |
| GEORGE O’HARA | Spirit Lake, Iowa | Field Representative, AFL-CIO |
| JUNE MC DONALD | Des Moines, Iowa | CWA |
| BILL FENTON | Des Moines, Iowa | Machinists |
| DAVE HART | Ottumwa, Iowa | UPWA & AMCBWNA |
| JOHN GROGAN | Dubuque, Iowa | Machinists |
| RUEBEN ROE | Davenport, Iowa | Cement, Lime & Gypsum |
| JAMES CAFFREY | Des Moines, Iowa | URW |
| GEORGE WEINY | Keokuk, Iowa | Grain Millers |
| JOSEPH GLACKIN | Cherokee, Iowa | UFCW |
| RUSSELL BULL | Fort Dodge, Iowa | UPWA |
| CARROLL WRIGHT | Davenport, Iowa | Machinists |
| LLOYD WEEMS | Des Moines, Iowa | APWU |
| RAY MILLS | Des Moines, Iowa | Teamsters |
| BEN ROOT | Ottumwa, Iowa | AFSCME |
| JAKE MINCKS | Ottumwa, Iowa | UAW & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| DON JOHNSON | Keokuk, Iowa | URW |
| JACK TESSIN | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | IBEW |
| HUGH CLARK | Dubuque, Iowa | Plumbers, Steamfitters & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| D. K. GORDON | Clinton, Iowa | CWA |
| MAX WEBSTER | Davenport, Iowa | Aluminum Workers |
| WILLIAM KELLER | Buffalo, Iowa | Machinists |
| GEORGE PETERS | Sioux City, Iowa | UFCW |
| JERRY DUNAGAN | Des Moines, Iowa | IBEW |
| ALICE HAMAD PENCE | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | URW & IBEW |
| WARD HAUSKINS | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | UAW |
| HENRY SCHWENKER | Burlington, Iowa | Plumbers & Steamfitters |
| GAROLD KETCHUM | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Field Representative, AFL-CIO |
| LESTER EICHHORN | Dubuque, Iowa | UAW |
| EDRIS OWENS | Newton, Iowa | UAW |
| BERNARD BUCKLEY | Muscatine, Iowa | Amalgamated Clothing Workers |
| BEN JEFFRIES | Des Moines, Iowa | Laborers |
| ALEX KANTROVICH | Sioux City, Iowa | Teamsters |
| WILTON SEYMOUR | Des Moines, Iowa | Plumbers & Steamfitters |
| EARL BAUM | Keokuk, Iowa | Grain Millers |
| EUGENE PETERSON | Estherville, Iowa | UPWA |
| HARRY SMITH | Sioux City, Iowa | Barbers, Labor Attorney |
| WARREN POLSON | Des Moines, Iowa | Machinists |
| INEZ PONTIOUS | Des Moines, Iowa |
Laundry Workers & South Central Auxiliary |
| PAUL LARSEN | Cedar Falls, Iowa | Field Representative, AFL-CIO |
| JOE REJSEK | Fort Dodge, Iowa | Cement, Lime & Gypsum |
| HARRY MILLER | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Machinists |
| JOHN COONEY | Waterloo, Iowa | UAW & Painters |
| AL MEIER | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
IBEW & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| BETTY TALKINGTON | Carlisle, Iowa |
IBEW & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| DONALD ROWEN | Des Moines, Iowa |
GCIU & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| DON DISKEY | Sioux City, Iowa | Machinists, AFSCME |
| ERMA WISZMANN | Davenport, Iowa | CWA |
| JAMES WENGERT | Des Moines, Iowa |
UFCW & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| WAYNE HUNTSMAN | Sioux City, Iowa | UFCW & Teamsters |
| PAT MARSHALL | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | IBEW |
| BOB CARSON | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
URW, HERE, &Hawkeye Labor Council |
| MIKE MEHAFFY | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | SEIU |
| SHARON MCINTOSH | Des Moines, Iowa | PPME |
| ALAN LEE | Davenport, Iowa | UFCW |
| MARIAN MOFFITT | Des Moines, Iowa | CWA |
| GENE REDMON | Waterloo, Iowa | UFCW & Iowa Federation of Labor |
| GEORGE KOURPIAS | Machinists | Sioux City, IA |
| JOE HEGER | Sioux City, IA | UFCW |
| BOB RUNDE | Dubuque, Iowa | IAMAW 1238 |
| RUSS WOODRICK | Waterloo, Iowa | IAMAW District 134 |
| AL SHULTZ | Mason City, Iowa | IBB |
| PEARL MCGILL | Muscatine, Iowa | Button Workers Protective Union |
| ROBERTA TILL-RETZ | Iowa City, Iowa | AFT |