Excellence -Your Name Is John Davis
By Debi Kirchner UAW LUCA Chair Emeritus
All LUCA registered local unions who produce UAW written publications in 2024 will be eligible for the newly named “John Davis General Excellence first place award”. Each year local unions enter their best work in written publications, photography, social media, websites and video to be judged among the best work of their union peers.
It was announced during the 2024 UAW-LUCA Awards Excellence in Communications Contest ceremony, held as part of the Communications Conference at Black Lake the week of April 28. “When we think about excellence in writing, we think of long-time LUCA Chair John Davis,” said LUCA Chair Emeritus Debi Kirchner as she reported the LUCA Advisory Council’s unanimous decision to change the name of the award to honor John.
“It is not only in the work he does, where he strives for personal excellence, but it is his hard work to make sure that we, as labor communicators, have the training and tools we need to engage, inform, and educate our UAW membership and the communities we live and work in. It was time to add his name to this sought-after award.”
At the end of the night, after having received awards for his excellence in writing, websites, and social media, John insisted it wasn’t about him, giving credit to his Region 8 leadership and membership and their strong support of labor communications. |
