Labor Review Wins Three Awards in ILCA’s Annual Labor Media Contest

SAN DIEGO — The Minneapolis Labor Review recently won three awards in the annual labor media contest sponsored by the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA).

Announced December 1 in San Diego at ILCA’s first in-person conference since the pandemic, the awards recognize work produced in 2022.

The Labor Review awards — all for stories written by editor Steve Share — include:

 Second place, for a special Saul Miller Award for best story about collective bargaining, “After negotiating 19 months, Augsburg Staff Union wins first contract,” Minneapolis Labor Review, November 19, 2022.

 Second place, for a special Saul Miller Award for best story about organizing, “Voting ‘yes’ for union, workers at local Starbucks join nationwide movement,” Minneapolis Labor Review, May 21, 2022.

 Third place for a writing award for best labor history story, “Nellie Stone Johnson Statue Unveiling: Program honors legacy of Black labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson, now celebrated by a statue placed at the Minnesota state capitol,” Minneapolis Labor Review, December 17, 2022.

For the ILCA Labor Media Awards contest, the Labor Review competed in a category for local, regional and state labor unions and federations.

Founded in 1907, the Minneapolis Labor Review is published by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

Steve Share has served as Labor Review editor since 2003 and is a member of the Minnesota Newspaper Guild/CWA Local 37002.

Visit laborcommunicators.org for the full list of ILCA awards and winners and more about ILCA.