AMERICAN LABOR AND IRISH NATIONAL CAUCUS
Posted By: February 05, 2018
WORKING TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE IN IRELAND
“I know that Father McManus has moved the needle [on justice and human rights],
and, Father, for that, I offer you, on behalf of the entire AFL-CIO, a sincere, Thank you.”
— President Richard L. Trumka AFL-CIO. February 3, 2016.
Fr. McManus speaking at AFL-CIO Headquarters.
Fr. McManus and AFL-CIO President Trumka.
Fr. Sean McManus—President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus—has had
a very long on-going association with American Labor. He founded the Irish National Caucus
on February 6, 1974. In February 1975, the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO invited him to
Bal Harbor, FL, to brief them on the Irish issue. The Executive Council endorsed the Irish National Caucus.
Then about ten years later, the Executive Council invited Fr. McManus to brief them on the
Mac Bride Principles—a corporate code of conduct for American companies doing business in Northern Ireland.
The AFL-CIO became the first significant group to endorse the Mac Bride Principles.
McManus and Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO.
Tefere Gebre, Executive VP. AFL-CIO, and Fr.McManus
Mark Dimonstein President, APWU, Liz Powell,
Secretary-Treasurer APWU and Fr. McManus
Fr. McManus and John Sweeney, former president, AFL-CIO
Teddy Gleason, President, ILA, Fr. McManus, and George
Meany, President, AFL-CIO, Bal Harbor, FL. 1974.
President Trumka, Tefera Gebre, Liz Powell and John Sweeney have each been awarded
with the World Peace Prize of “Roving Ambassador for Peace”
by Fr. McManus—who is
also Chief Judge of the international
And interfaith World Peace Prize (headquartered in Seoul, South Korea).
President Trumka will also receive the new World Peace Prize
FOR LABOR LEADERSHIP on June 6, 2018.
Irish National Caucus • P.O. Box 15128 • Capitol Hill • Washington, DC 20003-0849•0568 •
Fax: 202-488-7537•Sean@IrishNationalCaucus.org•Barbara@IrishNationalCaucus.org
