Dauphin’s Stephen Roznowsky was the recipient of the Stanley Knowles Solidarity Award at the Manitoba NDP convention, Oct. 14.

The award, Roznowsky explained, is presented through the Manitoba Federation of Labour at each Manitoba NDP convention to a trade unionist who has shown a deep commitment to working people and the achievement of social justice through recognized contributions to the union movement and the Manitoba NDP.

Receiving the award was humbling, he said, because previous recipients were quite involved and high in the structure of organized labour.

“I almost didn’t believe that I was bestowed that, because I didn’t figure that I had that kind of breadth and depth,” Roznowsky said. “But after 53 years of being in public service and 41 of it as an organized labour leader and activist in the Manitoba Government Employees Union.”

Roznowsky has volunteered for many years in different events and organizations, including the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Dauphin RIDE program and is the local organizer of the annual Terry Fox Run.

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