Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS: National Consumers League honors Sen. Amy Klobuchar, FTC’s Edith Ramirez with Trumpeter Award, (Oct 8, 2015)
Organizations Mentioned:AFL-CIO | Unite Here!
By Linda O’Brien, J.D., LL.M.
The National Consumers League (NCL) will honor Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez with its highest honor, the Trumpeter Award, on October 6 in Washington, D.C.
“The award has honored consumer and worker leaders for more than 40 years, and past honorees include: Senator Ted Kennedy, the award’s inaugural recipient, as well as Labor Secretaries Hilda Solis, Robert Reich, and Alexis Herman, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Senators Carl Levin and Paul Wellstone, Delores Huerta of the United Farm Workers, and many others. Last year’s recipient was Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO President,” the NCL stated in its announcement.
The NCL also noted that, in addition to the Trumpeter Award, NCL will honor Maria Elena Durazo, International Union Vice President for Civil Rights, Diversity and Immigration with UNITE HERE! with the Florence Kelley Consumer Leadership Award, named after an early leader of NCL.
The event will feature a reception, dinner, and speaking appearances by NCL leadership and the honorees, as well as Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre.
“The Trumpeter Award is NCL’s highest honor, given to leaders who have dedicated their lives to improving the rights of consumers and workers. Senator Klobuchar and Chairwoman Ramirez embody these values, and their impressive careers have had a measurable impact on the marketplace for consumers,” said NCL Executive Director Sally Greenberg. “Senator Klobuchar’s leadership on regulation to strengthen consumer product safety legislation, on ensuring a fair and competitive marketplace, and increasing accessibility to communications, specifically in the wireless space, made her a perfect candidate for the award. Chairwoman Ramirez was chosen for her tireless efforts to combat deceptive debt collectors and advertisers, to ensure the privacy and security of consumer data, and to promote competition in the marketplace. We are delighted to honor these remarkable women with this year’s awards.”
Founded in 1899, the National Consumers League is America's pioneer consumer and worker advocacy organization. The League’s mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad.
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