Awards
The Foundation annually recognizes organizations that distinguish themselves among the labor-management community.
The Tennessee Labor-Management Foundation presents three (3) statewide labor-management awards annually. These include the following:
We invite organizations that embody the joint labor-management perspective in seeking excellence to make application.
Judging Criteria
A distinguished panel of labor-management foundation members will select the finalists, conduct on-site visits and select the winners. The application should focus on one or more of the following criteria to be eligible for the award:
Nomination
Applicants should submit a concise summary to introduce the application to the judges. Applications must touch on at least one of the four judging criteria.
The judging criteria should be supported by more detailed information in the entry itself, including any back-up materials such as letters, proposals or strategic plans, videos, newsletters, newspaper or media articles, awards or public recognition. The application form must be included with the application packet and submitted by the application deadline.
Applications & Supplemental Information to be mailed to:
Tennessee Labor-Management Foundation
P.O. Box 6592
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
Award Application
The award application packet should contain the
Along with the following:- a concise summary to introduce the application to the judges.
Applications must touch on at least one of the four judging criteria in this summary. - A separate article describing in more detail the applicant's achievement of the judging criteria.
- any back-up materials such as letters,
proposals or strategic plans, videos, newsletters, newspaper or media
articles, awards or public recognition.
Submission Info
Application Deadline
Applications must be postmarked no later than July 8, 2024.
Submission Address
Applications and supplemental information should be mailed to:
Tennessee Labor-Management Foundation
P.O. Box 6592
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
For additional information, please contact the Awards Committee at tennlmf@gmail.com.
Criteria
Leadership
The applicant's leadership qualities, involvement and visibility in developing and maintaining a quality workforce and an environment for cooperative labor-management relations within the organization.
Employee Involvement
The applicant's encouragement of employee participation in improvement activities. Explain employee recognition programs in regard to safety, productivity, quality or cost efficiency in which the applicant has developed, implemented, supervised and/or participated.Criteria
Employee Training and Empowerment
The applicant's development of employee education and training programs, their implementation, supervision, and/or facilitation. A description of how the applicant encourages all employees to be fully utilized within the organization.
Employee Diversity and Morale
Outline programs that have addressed employee morale and diversity issues in the workplace, including minority, disability, and gender issues. Compare trends and levels in key indicators of morale such as safety, absenteeism, turnover, and grievances.
Award for Excellence
Award for Excellence serves as an overall award for an organization that exemplifies outstanding performance in all areas of the judging criteria.
Horizon Award
The Horizon Award will recognize a labor-management partnership in the State of Tennessee that has benefited the community through cooperative relations. The Horizon Award follows the same criteria and guidelines as the Award for Excellence