Labor On The Move: Elise Bryant Wins UALE "Lifetime Achievement" Award

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Local labor activist Elise Bryant (in blue shirt and white hat) has been selected the winner of the "Lifetime Achievement" award by the United Association of Labor Educators (UALE). "It was an honor to be nominated and I am deeply grateful to my colleagues in UALE for this recognition of my work as an educator," said an elated Bryant. Bryant recently retired after 15 years as a professor of labor studies at the National Labor College; she’s also the director and founder of the DC Labor Chorus and is in the process of creating a new organization, the ELISE Consortium – education, leadership, inspiration, solidarity, and excellence – “a partnership focused on leadership training for labor and community activists to build a stronger bridge between organized labor and the progressive community through education and training." - photo of Bryant and members of the Labor Chorus performing at AFL-CIO Vigil for Unemployment Insurance on Dec 8, 2011 by Julia Kann