Joe Hill Award
The Joe Hill Award is awarded annually at the Great Labor Arts Exchange by the Labor Heritage Foundation. The award is named for Joe Hill, a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. His arrest and subsequent conviction on trumped-up charges generated international support and his execution in 1915 has inspired generations of activists and troublemakers. The Labor Heritage Foundation began presenting the Joe Hill Award in 1989, honoring the lifetime achievement of individuals for a body of work in the field of labor art, history, education and culture.
Joe Hill Awardees 1989-2024
- 2024 Elise Bryant & Al Bradbury
- 2023 Susan Eisenberg & David Elsila
- 2022 Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki
- 2021 Ysaye Barnwell and Steve Jones
- 2019 Kathleen Farrell & Si Kahn
- 2018 John McCutcheon & Lynn Marie Smith
- 2017 Bev Grant & Janet Stecher
- 2016 Luci Murphy & Jimmy Kelly
- 2015 Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble
- 2014 Pat Wynne & Charlie King
- 2013 Barbara Bailey & Shelley Kessler
- 2012 Saul Schniderman & Pablo Davis
- 2011 Jon Fromer & Bobbie Rabinowitz
- 2010 Jerry Gray
- 2009 Ricardo Levins Morales
- 2008 Peter Jones
- 2007Julius Margolin
- 2006 Joe Uehlein
- 2005 Anne Feeney
- 2004 Utah Phillips
- 2003 Hazel Dickens
- 2002 Faith Petric
- 2001 Baldemar Velasquez
- 2000 Rev. James Orange
- 1999 Guy and Candie Carawan
- 1998 Archie Green
- 1997 Joe Glazer
- 1996 Anne Romaine
- 1995 Pete Seeger
- 1994 Moe Foner
- 1993 Cesar Chavez
- 1992 Joyce Kornbluh
- 1991 Ralph Fasanella
- 1990 Emmanuel Fried
- 1989 John Handcox