World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership

Posted By: February 05, 2018

World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership
Richard L. Trumka, President AFL-CIO, first recipient

CAPITOL HILL. Washington, DC. Sunday, February 4, 2018.
The World Peace Prize Awarding Council (WPPAC) has announced the creation of a new Award: World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership.
The World Peace Prize Awarding Council is a 14-member panel of international and interfaith judges, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its Washington, DC office is led by Fr. Sean Mc Manus, Chief Judge, and Barbara Flaherty, Judge, and Corporate Manager—both also lead the Irish National Caucus.
The Founder/Leader of the World Peace Prize, Presbyterian Minister, Rev. Dr. Han Min Su explained: “We are pleased that our International and Interfaith Board has unanimously agreed to endorse the proposal of our Washington Office to institute the World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership. We see the worldwide Labor/Union Movement as one of the major pillars of world peace because we deeply believe that if you want peace, you must strive for justice—including the justice of a living wage for working men and women.”
First Recipient

Fr. Sean McManus and President Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO
Fr. Sean Mc Manus, Chief Judge of WPPAC, explained: “We are delighted and honored to announce that President Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO will be the very first recipient of the World Peace Prize for Labor Leadership. No one more deserves it than President Trumka. He has shown a lifetime of dedicated service to the cause of Labor. He is a most impressive leader, a very fine man, and a fearless defender of the rights of working men and women.”

The Award will be presented in a ceremony at 2:30 —4:30 PM on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at the AFL-CIO Headquarters, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
The World Peace Prize was initiated in Seoul, South Korea in 1989 by the visionary Reverend Dr. Han Min Su, a Presbyterian Minister who has dedicated his life to promoting world peace by bringing together East and West and representatives of all the major world religions: Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox and Zoroastrianism. End.