SM Lee receives Distinguished Comrade of Labour Award at NTUC May Day Awards 2025

The NTUC May Day Awards ceremony was held on Apr. 25, 2025.

At this year's awards, Senior Minister (SM) Lee Hsien Loong was conferred the Distinguished Comrade of Labour award, the year's top May Day Award.

The award is given to individuals deemed to have made "unique and supreme contributions to the labour movement".

According to a media release by NTUC, the award is in recognition of SM Lee's "sterling contributions and decades of dedication towards improving workers' lives and livelihoods."

He is among seven recipients to have been conferred the award since 1963.

Previous recipients of the award include the Lee Kuan Yew in 1991, Ong Teng Cheong, and former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in 2001.

NTUC wrote:

"Throughout many years of dedicated public service, SM Lee worked tirelessly to strengthen the tripartite partnership between NTUC and its unions, workers, businesses, and the Government. This enabled Singapore to weather economic crises, protect jobs, and create opportunities for workers."

180 Awards were presented at the ceremony, which looks to recognise "exceptional union leaders, tripartite partners, workers and organisations for their unwavering commitment and care in championing workers' interests."

"Brother Hsien Loong has embodied NTUC's principle, that every worker matters", NTUC President K Thanaletchimi said.

SM Lee also posted on the award on Apr. 26, 2025.

Top photo via SM Lee's Facebook, NTUC