MARQUETTE — Three inductees will be recognized for their lifelong dedication to improving the lives of working men and women in the Upper Peninsula.

Nino Green, Greg Seppanen and the late Thomas “Cal” Jenerou will be inducted into the Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame on Oct. 6.

The banquet and induction ceremony will be in the ballrooms of the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University. The event starts at 5 p.m. at the U.P. Hall of Fame display at the NMU dome and will move to the ballrooms at 6 p.m.

The event is open to the public and to family and friends of the inductees.

Green graduated from Wayne State University with a law degree in 1963. He moved to the U.P. where he was the executive director of U.P. Legal Services. In 1969, Green began private practice in Escanaba.

“During his years of practicing law in the U.P., he represented individuals asserting workers compensation, Social Security disability and personal injury claims,” According to the Upper Peninsula Regional Labor Federation. “He dealt with labor and employment issues for private, public and federal unions in grievance and arbitrations, and represented public sector unions before the Michigan Employment Relations Commission and private sector unions before the National Labor Relations Board.”

Green also served on the Michigan Employment Relations Commission for nine years and on the Mackinac Island State Park Commission.

“His participation and leadership in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements settled strikes at St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Lodal in Kingsford and Celotex in L’Anse,” According to the UPRLF.

Seppanen graduated from Northern Michigan University in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in history and heography as well as a welding certification. He combined his education and training in welding to become a quality control inspector at a non-union shop in Wisconsin where he experienced first hand the importance of unions.

“He became the building representative for the district’s Executive Board of the Marquette Education Association, marking the start of over two decades of involvement with the MEA,” according to the UPRLF. “His role included serving on the negotiating team, tracking the district’s finances, being the MEA building representative and more.”

Seppanen retired from Marquette Area Public Schools in 2010, with nine years at the Bi-County High School included, followed by teaching history and government at Marquette Senior High School.

“After his retirement, he worked on union contracts and served as chief negotiator for various school units in the area,” According to the UPRLF. “He represented MEA as a delegate to the UPRLF for several years.”

Seppanen currently serves on the NMU Board of Trustees, appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Jenerou worked in the construction industry as a boilermaker and joined the union in 1959 where he was a member for 40 years. He worked at many locations in the U.P. and Lower Peninsula.

He became the business agent for Local 169 representing the U.P. and northern Lower Peninsula for 18 years.

“Jenerou negotiated many contracts and handled project labor agreements,” According to the UPRLF. “He traveled thousands of miles per month finding employment for his men.”

He was also the president of the U.P. Building Trades Council and served many offices including the Schoolcraft County Democratic Party, Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees and the Schoolcraft County Housing Commission.

Tickets are $50 per person and available by contacting Coordinator Dana LaLonde at coordinator@uprlf.org or 906-236-3889.