INSTITUTO LABORAL DE LA RAZA SPONSORS SOME OF THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT LABOR DINNERS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

2008

Joseph T. Hansen - International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union - Washington DC - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Honorable Hillary Rodham-Clinton - U.S. Senate, New York - 2008 Presidential Candidate - Congressional Leadership Award

Tyrone Freeman - President, SEIU United Long Term Care Workers Union, Local 6434 / AFSCME CUHW - Martin Luthur King, Jr. Leadership Award

Sal Rosselli - President, SEIU State Council President, SEIU - United Healthcare Workers West Service Employees International Union - La Raza Healthcare Leadership Award

Ronald J. Lind - President, United Food and Commercial Workers Union - Local 5 - La Raza Unity Leadership Award

German Vazquez - Secretary-Treasurer Teamsters Local 901, Puerto Rico - President, Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus - La Raza International Solidarity Award

John Jatoft - California State Director, American Income Life Insurance Company - La Raza Corporate Leadership Award

2007

Anna Burger - General Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - Labor Leader of the Year

Robert Alvarado - Executive Officer, Northern California Carpenters Regional Council - La Raza Building Trades Leadership Award

Joint Council 7 - Northern California Teamsters - La Raza Change to Win Leadership Award

Daniel Kane, Sr. - President, Teamsters Union Local No. 111 - La Raza San Patrico Award

Mike Borstel - President, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 101 - La Raza Bay Area Leadership Award

2006

Terence M. O'Sullivan, General President, Laborers International of North America - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Michael J. McLaughlin, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Union Local 856 - Recipient of the La Raza Bay Area Leadership Award

Honorable Barbara Lee (D-CA), United States Congress, 9th Congressional Dist. - Recipient of the Ron Dellums Congressional Leadership Award

Larry Del Carlo, President, Mission Housing Development Corporation - Recipient of the La Raza Community Leadership Award

2005

Robert Morales, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 350 and Teamsters Joint Council No. 7; President, Teamsters National and State Hispanic Caucuses - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Gavin Newsom, Mayor, City and County of San Francisco - Special Guest and Recipient of the Santo Patricio Award

Tim Paulson, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO - La Raza Political Leadership Award

2004

R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

United States Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Special Guest and Labor Advocate

Josie Mooney, Executive Director, SEIU Local 790; President, San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO - Woman of the Year

Laborers' Local 261, Laborers' International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, La Raza Lifetime Community Service Award

2003

Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Special Guest

Earl "Marty" Averette, Business Representative, Teamsters Union Local 856, San Mateo County

Roofers Local No. 40, United Union of Roofers and Waterproofers, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties

Maria Leticia Gomez & Luis Echgoyen, Television Anchors, Univision Channel 14, KDTV, San Francisco - La Raza Media Award

2002

James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO - The Jack Henning Award

Bill A. Lloyd, Senior Advisor to Governor Gray Davis - Director of Labor Affairs & Senate Relations - La Raza Public Service Award

Lilia Marlen Navarro, UNITE Textile Processors Local 75

Los Bomberos de San Francisco, San Francisco Fire Department, affiliated with San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 - Community Service Award

2001

Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, SEIU Intl. - Guest of Honor

Franklin Gallegos, President, Teamsters Local 890, Monterey County

Mike Garcia, President, Janitors Local 1877

Shelley Kessler, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, San Mateo County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Stan Warren, Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council

2000

John J. Sweeney, General President, AFL-CIO - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Amy Dean, Executive Director, South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council

Judy Goff, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO

Jim Salinas, Business Agent, Carpenters Local No. 22 Board President, Instituto Laboral de la Raza

Martin Sheen, Special Guest, Actor and Activist

1999

Patricia A. Ford, Executive Vice President, SEIU Intl - Labor Leader of the Year and Guest of Honor

Walter Johnson, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Owen Marron, Executive Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus, Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO

Jose E. Medina, Executive Director Emeritus, Instituto Laboral de la Raza