What is U.S. Department of Labor Hall of Honor?
The [[United States Department of Labor]] '''Hall of Honor''' is in the Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, [[Washington, DC]]. It is a [[monument]] to [[Award|honor]] [[Americans]] who have made a positive [[:wikt:contribution|contribution]] to how [[people]] in the [[United States]] work and live. == Hall of Honor == The people and [[group]]s who are honored have all improved [[:en:wikt:working conditions|working conditions]], [[:wikt:wage|wages]], and over-all [[quality of life]] for American workers.<ref>Irwin Yellowitz, 'Labor Hall of Fame: Samuel Gompers: a half century in labor's front rank', ''Monthly Labor Review'', Vol. 112, No. 7 (July 1989), p. 28</ref> The Hall of Honor (first called the [[Hall of Fame]]) was first planned during the [[John F. Kennedy]] [[Administration (government)|administration]] in 1962.<ref>'Developments in Industrial Relations', ''Monthly Labor Review'', Vol. 86, No. 1 (January 1963), p. 73</ref> The hall was actually started in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/hallofhonor/ |title=The Department of Labor's Hall of Honor |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |website= |publisher=U.S. Department of Labor |accessdate=12 March 2012 |archive-date=23 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123085152/http://www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/hallofhonor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The people to be given this honor are selected each year by a panel inside the Department of Labor. Each must have made a major contribution and the award is given posthumously (after they have died). == Inductees == Those who have been [[:wikt:induction|inducted]] into the Hall of Honor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/hallofhonor/inductees.htm |title=Hall of Honor Inductees |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |website= |publisher=U.S. Department of Labor |accessdate=12 March 2012 |archive-date=30 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430090142/http://www.dol.gov/dol/aboutdol/ha