American Labor Museum Honors Wowkanech

by Seth Michaels, Oct 27, 2009

New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech

Charles Wowkanech, president of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO, is being honored as a labor hero at this year’s 27th Annual Sol Stetin Awards Gala. 

The award is bestowed every year by the American Labor Museum, located at the historic Botto House in Haldeon, N.J. 

Wowkanech is being honored for his 12 years of service as leader of the state AFL-CIO and his decades of dedication to the union movement, both as an elected leader and a member of Local 68 of the Operating Engineers (IUOE). 

The award is named in honor of the late Textile Workers president Sol Stetin. 

Michael Goodwin, president of the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) and of the American Labor Museum, says Wowkanech has been a great leader of New Jersey’s union movement: 

We’re so pleased to honor Charles Wowkanech this year. We couldn’t find a more deserving person than him, whose career represents the same values and goals of the American Labor Museum—protecting and ensuring a better life for America’s working families. 

In addition to Wowkanech, the Sol Stetin Awards will honor U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), former AFT Local 1796 president Irwin Nack and labor and civil rights lawyer Bennet Zurofsky. The gala will be held Nov. 19 in North Haledon.

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