Teamster Leader Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Labor Advocacy Group Honors Joint Council Vice President, UFCW Leader

For his 30 years of service to the labor movement, Teamsters Joint Council 25 Vice President Terrence J. Hancock was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award last week from the Peggy Browning Fund.

More than 200 colleagues, friends and labor supporters assembled to recognize Hancock, who was honored alongside United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881 President Ronald E. Powell. 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 Teamsters Local 714 and has been the President of Teamsters Local 731 since 2005.

“I am humbled by this honor and accept it both as a symbol of the achievements of the labor movement and a reminder of the work that lies ahead in the protection of American workers,” said Hancock. “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.”

Since 1997, more than 320 law students have received a fellowship through the Peggy Browning Fund. The organization, established in honor of a dedicated labor lawyer and one-time member of the National Labor Relations Board, offers myriad educational opportunities nationwide to promote labor advocacy. Locally, Teamsters Local 726 Business Agent Chris Schneider was a recent fellowship recipient.

Schneider was recognized at the start of last week’s awards ceremony alongside other fellowship beneficiaries and young labor lawyers in attendance. Secretary of State Jesse White, Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael Carrigan and other labor supporters were also on-hand to show their support of Hancock and the night’s honorees.

“Workers everywhere lead better lives today because of the selfless contributions of these labor leaders,” said John T. Coli, President of Joint Council 25. “From Ron Powell’s work with the UFCW and Terry Hancock’s strides as a Teamster and charitable powerhouse combating autism, their achievements will echo for lifetimes to come.”

Teamsters Joint Council 25 represents more than 100,000 hardworking men and women throughout Illinois.

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