Teamster Leaders Honored

Two Teamsters have recently been honored by different organizations for changing the labor movement for the better.

Grover Marion, a longtime Local 175 Teamster activist, was recently named as one of two people inducted into the Labor Hall of Honor by the West Virginia Labor History Association. Marion, a native of Summers County, West Virginia, began his Teamster career driving trucks for Kroger. He has also served as business agent, Secretary-Treasurer and President of Local 175.

For his 30 years of service to the labor movement, Joint Council 25 Vice President Terrence J. Hancock was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Peggy Browning Fund last week. More than 200 colleagues, friends and labor supporters recently assembled to recognize Hancock. In addition to sitting on the Joint Council 25 Executive Board, Hancock represents thousands of workers as the Joint Council’s Construction Coordinator, serves as the Trustee of Local 714 and has been the president of Local 731 since 2005.

“I am humbled by this honor and accept it as both a symbol of the achievements of the labor movement and a reminder of the work that lies ahead in the protection of American workers,” Hancock said. “The Peggy Browning Fund has for more than a decade educated students on the importance of workers’ rights and to share in its outreach is inspiring.”

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