POLITICAL:

• Carolyn B. Maloney - U.S. Congresswoman (New York)
• Charles Rangel - U.S. Congressman (New York)
• Mark Pocan - U.S. Congressman (Wisconsin)
  
• Gwen Moore - U.S. Congresswoman (Wisconsin)
  
• Jan Schakowsky- U.S. Congresswoman (Wisconsin)
  

LABOR:

• Randi Weingarten - President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• Leo Gerard - International President of the United Steelworkers (USW)
  
• Larry Cohen - President of the Communication Workers of America (CWA)
• Lillian Roberts - AFSCME DC37 Executive Director
• Lee Saunders - President of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  
• Bob King - Past President of the United Auto Workers (UAW)
  
• Jimmy Settles - Vice President of the United Auto Workers (UAW)
  
• Daniel Marschall - AFL-CIO Policy Specialist for Workforce Issues
  
• Cliff Guffey - President of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
  
• Andy Stern - Past SEIU President
  
• Al Hagan - UFOA Local 854
  
• Lawrence J. Hanley - President of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
  
• Vincent Alvarez - President of the New York Central Labor Council
  
• Bob Butero - United Mine Workers of America Region 4 Director
  
• Arthur Cheliotes - CWA Local 1180
  
• Desiree Conyers - Nurse in the University of Michigan Health System and union activist
  
• Frank Cyphers - President of the International Chemical Workers Union
  
• William Dougan - President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)
  
• Gregory Floyd - President of Teamsters Local 237
  
• Erik Forman - Labor organizer for the IWW
  
• Caitlin Fox-Hodess - Head Steward UAW local 2865
  
• Albert Garrett - President of AFSCEM Council 25 Michigan
  
• Ron Hebron - Union member
  
• Lashan Hart - Nurse in the University of Michigan Health System and union activist
  
• Ray Holman - Legislative Liaison for United Auto Workers Local 6000
  
• Maria Magana - Labor organizer for the United Farm Workers
  
• Donald Marcus - International President of the Masters, Mates, and Pilots
  

ACADEMIA

• Judith Ancel - director of the Institute for Labor Studies
  
• Mark Sebastion Anner - Author, Activist, Professor of Labor Studies at Penn State University
  
• Richard Appelbaum - Author, Chair of Global & International Studies at University of California
• Ronald Baraff - Historian, Rivers Of Steel Museum Archivist
  
• Eric Foner - Professor of History at Columbia University
  
• Kevin Kenny - Author and Professor of History at Boston College
  
• Dr. Bruce Laurie - Author and Professor of Labor History at UMass Amherst
  
• Dr. Robert J. Steinfeld - Author and Professor of Legal History Suny Buffalo
  
• Dr. Eric Arnesen - Author and Professor of Labor History George Washington University
  
• John Beck - ofessor of labor studies at Michigan State University
  
• Dr. C. Belmont Keeney - Professor of labor history – Southern West Virginia Community College
  
• Ibram X. Kendi - Professor of racial history – University of Florida
  
• Dr. Eileen Boris - Professor of labor history – University of California, Santa Barbara
  
• Dr. Ileen A. DevAult - Author, Professor of labor history – Cornell University
  
• Bryan Dunnigan - Historian, Re-enactment Actor at the Elckey Miner’s Village
  
• Dr. Beth A. English - Author, Professor of labor history – Princeton University
  
• Dr. Elizabeth Faue - Author, Professor of labor history – Wayne State University
  
• Robert Forant - Professor of labor history University of Massachusetts Lowell
  
• Dr. Frances Fox Piven - Author, Professor of labor history – City College, New York City
  
• Dr. James Green - Author, Professor of labor history – University of Massachusetts, Boston
  
• Dr. Daniel Katz - Author, Dean of Labor Studies – AFL-CLO National Labor College
  
• Bridget Kenny - Professor of Sociology at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
  
• Dr. Alice Kessler-Harris - Author, Columbia University Professor of labor history
  
• Jamie Krenn - Professor of Psychology of Media
  
• Dr. Timothy Kruse-Messer - Author, Professor of labor history – Bowling Green State University
  
• Robert Kubey - Professor of Media Psychology – Rutgers University
  
• Neil O. Leighton - Professor of Political Science at the University Of Michigan - Flint
  
• David Luchta - Historian, President of the Panther Creek Foundation (#9 Coal Mine Museum)
  
• Dr. Charles Lumpkins - Author, Professor of labor history - Penn State University
  
• Jamie McCallum - Labor Activist, Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College
  
• Joseph McCartin - Professor of Labor Studies at Georgetown University
  
• Dr. Charles McCollester - Historian, Author, Professor Industrial and Labor Relations, Director, Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor
  
• Lance Metz - Historian for the National Canal Museum
  
• Dr. Lawrence Mishel - President of the Economic Policy Institute
  
• Dr. Fawn Amber Montoya - Director of Chicano Studies at the Colorado State University - Pueblo
  
• Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry - Author, independent scholar, retired labor leader
  
• Dr. James Gray Pope -Author, Professor of Law – Rutgers University
  
• Judith Ranta - Author, Historian
  
• Jonathan Reese - Professor of History at the Colorado State University - Pueblo
  
• Richard Roman - Author, Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley
  
• Jeffrey Rothstein - Author, Professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University
  
• Dr. Steven Kim Scipes - Author, Professor of sociology – Purdue University
  
• Adrienne Sosinsky - Friends of Triangle
  
• Joel Sosinsky - Historian
  
• Dr. Shelton Stromquist - Author, Professor of labor history – University of Iowa
  
• Sarah Swider - Author, Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University
  
• Daniel J. Walkowitz - New York University Professor of Labor Relations
  
• Joseph Wayne - Historian and Great Grandson of John Kehoe who was accused and hung as a leader of the Molly Maguires
  

CELEBRITY/MEDIA:

• Jesse Jackson - President of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
• Kristen Daun - Reporter - The Lansing State Journal
• Steve Fraser - Author, Editor of the New Labor Forum
• Doug Henwood - Author, Media Personality
• Chad Livengood - Reporter for the Detroit News
  
• Pete Seeger - Legendary folk singer and activist
  
• Charles Showalter - On air personality for Union Edge Talk Radio
  
• Richard Steier - Union Newspaper
  

NON-PROFIT

• Paul F. Chavez - President of the Cesar Chavez Foundation
• Mark Mix - President of the National Right To Work Legal Defense Fund
• Julian Stoltz - President of the Pennsylvania Right To Work organization
• Andrea Dehlendorf - Assistant director of the Making Change at Wal-Mart campaign
• Paco Fabian - Communications director for Change To Win
  
• Judy Gearhart - Executive Director of International Labor Rights Forum
• Reverend C.J. Hawking - Executive Director of Arise Chicago
• Jaribu Hill - Attorney for the Mississippi Workers’ Center
  
• Saru Jayaraman - Director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
  
• Ai-jen Poo - Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
  
• Luna Ranjit - Executive Director of the Adhikaar Workers Center, NY
  
• Mao Chi Shaw San Liu - Lead organizer at the Chinese Progressive Association, San Francisco
  
• Elani Schirmer - Activist, Journalist, University of Wisconsin Student Union
  
• Saba Waheed -Director of the UCLA Labor Center
  
• Dominic Ware - Activist for the Our Wal-Mart campaign
  
• Bill Fletcher - Author and Activist