Lou Jean Fleron receives award from the Coalition for Economic Justice
June 18 2007
The Coalition for Economic Justice recently honored Lou Jean Fleron for her contributions related to the Living Wage Campaign. Fleron received the Norman Harper Award, which was presented by Lois Gray, Jean McKelvey and Alice Grant Professor of Labor Management Relations, at the 2007 awards banquet ceremony in Buffalo.
The Coalition for Economic Justice works with religious, academic, labor, and community activists to improve living standards for the Western New York community. CEJ is a local chapter of the organizations Jobs with Justice and the New York State Labor Religion Coalition.
CEJ gives an annual award in the name of Norm Harper, one of CEJ's founders, to an individual in the labor movement who demonstrates Norm's leadership, but also his understanding that the union movement, in serving its members, goes much beyond technical collective bargaining, and that the issues of workers are issues for the community.
In presenting the award, Gray said that Fleron "cares deeply for the western New York community. She carries incredible respect for all workers and she has worked tirelessly for our economic well-being and the economic well-being of our community. She listens, finds the issues, does the research, makes the connections, and builds a practical grassroots strategy for the great good of all working people. She is a role model for all of us."
