The George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award is an award offered annually by AFL–CIO, and bears the name of the first two presidents of the entity. The award recognizes people and entities that fight for human rights in the field of labor relations.
Recipients
2000 – Luis Eduardo Garzon 2001 – U Maung Maung 2002 – Nancy Riche 2003 – Wellington Chibebe 2004 – Mikhail Volynets2004 George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award—Mikhail Volynets, President of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine. AFL-CIO 2005 – Ela Bhatt 2006 – International Federation of Journalists 2007 – Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia 2008 – Yessika Hoyos 2009 – Workers Movement of EgyptThe 2009 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award. AFL-CIO 2011 – Napoleón Gómez UrrutiaNapoleón Gómez Urrutia, Nomination for Meany-Kirkland Award 2011. AFL-CIO 2012 – Arab Spring workers2012 George Meany – Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award: Labor in the Arab Uprisings. AFL-CIO 2013 – International Domestic Workers Network2013 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award. AFL-CIO 2014 – Building and Wood Workers' InternationalBuilding and Wood Workers win 2014 Meany-Kirkland Award. Solidarity Center 2015 – Trade Union Confederation of SwazilandAFL-CIO awards TUCOSWA Human Rights Award. IndustriALL 2016 – Maina Kiai2016 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award. AFL-CIO 2017 – Han Sang-gyun2017 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award. AFL-CIO 2018 – National Temporary Protected Status AllianceMeany-Kirkland Human Rights Award-Winner Announced . DC Labor 2019 – LulaPreso político, Lula ganha prêmio de direitos humanos da principal central sindical do EUA e Canadá . Revista Forum, March 14, 2019 2020 – Civil Human Rights Front of Hong Kong 2023 – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines 2025 – Minnesota labor movement & Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
References
External links George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award