Labor Hall of Honor, Memorial hall at Frances Perkins Building, Washington D.C., United States

The Labor Hall of Honor is a memorial space within the Frances Perkins Building that displays engraved plaques bearing the names and achievements of individuals who advanced workers' rights. The room documents how these people changed the course of American labor conditions.

First proposed in 1962 during John F. Kennedy's administration as a Hall of Fame, the Hall of Honor was opened in 1988. Honorees are chosen each year by a panel inside the Department of Labor, and nearly all have been recognized posthumously; Dolores Huerta (2012) and President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (2024) are the exceptions, Biden being the first living and first sitting president inducted. Ronald Reagan was inducted posthumously in 2018, during the Trump administration.

Each year the Department of Labor adds new names to recognize people who shaped working conditions and wages across the nation. You can see how these selections reflect what mattered most in America's labor movement.

The Hall of Honor is a wall-mounted display inside the Frances Perkins Building at 200 Constitution Ave., NW, in Washington, D.C. Look for the gold "Hall of Honor" lettering, the central seal and name column, and the framed portraits of Frances Perkins and Henry J. Kaiser, with green plants in planters on the floor below.

The wall display pairs Frances Perkins with Henry J. Kaiser, both inducted in the hall's first class of 1989 and 1990 respectively. Perkins, the building's namesake, appears on the left portrait; Kaiser, the industrialist, on the right, flanking a central seal and name column.