Minneapolis Labor Review wins three labor media awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Minneapolis Labor Review recently won three awards in the annual labor media contest sponsored by the International Labor Communications Association. The ILCA awards, announced October 28, 2024, recognize work published in 2023.
The Labor Review awards included:
• First place for “Best Labor History Story;”
• First place for “Best Op-Ed, Editorial or Column;”
• Honorable mention for “Best Photo Essay or Gallery.”
The annual ILCA labor media contest draws thousands of entries.
The Labor Review is edited by Steve Share and is published by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.
For these awards, the Labor Review competed in a group with other local, state, and regional labor organizations.
First Place:
Best Labor History Story
The Labor Review won first place for “Best Labor History Story” for “New musical tells story of Foshay Tower builder Wilbur Foshay and his support for union labor.” This story by Labor Review editor Steve Share was in part a theater review and in part a telling of the local labor movement’s support for Wilbur Foshay, who used union labor to build and complete the iconic Foshay Tower in 1929 at a time when the anti-union Citizens Alliance dominated Minneapolis. The story draws on the Labor Review online archive for quotes and images.
This story was published online-only July 26, 2023 on minneapolisunions.org and did not appear in the print version of the Labor Review.
Because of a website redesign, the story is no longer available in its original form.
Click here to view a pdf of the story as submitted to the ILCA contest.
First Place:
Best Op-Ed, Editorial or Column
The Labor Review won first place for “Best Op-Ed, Editorial or Column” for a column by MRLF president Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, “Take action to help pass legislation for paid family and medical leave,” published in the March 25, 2023 issue of the Labor Review.
Click here to view a pdf of the column as it appeared.
Honorable Mention:
Best Photo Essay or Gallery
The Labor Review won honorable mention for “Best Photo Essay or Gallery” for photos by Steve Share which documented an action by CTUL’s Building Dignity and Respect campaign. The five photos accompanied a story he wrote which was headlined, “CTUL campaigns for protections for non-union construction workers,” published in the September 23, 2023 issue of the Labor Review.
Click here to view the photo essay as it appeared.
For more information about ILCA's annual labor media contest, and a link to the full list of this year's award-winners, click here.
For more information about ILCA, visit laborcommunicators.org.