Jim Kellogg

Jim Kellogg, a veteran California labor leader and chairman of the California Fish and Game Commission, will be honored as “Labor Leader of the Year” by the Contra Costa Building Trades and Contra Costa Central Labor councils.

The Discovery Bay resident was characteristically modest about the award.

“There are an awful lot of people out there more deserving but I am honored,” said Kellogg, the international representative with the United Association of Journeyman and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada.

He will be recognized at the 2010 Labor 2 Labor Dinner on Sept. 17 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 45 John Glenn Drive, in Concord. A n0-host reception begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Jerry Brown has been invited to deliver the keynote speech.

Others scheduled to receive honors include a legacy award to Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez and a community services award to the Rosie the Riveter Trust. The activists of the year are HERE Local 2850 and the corporate leadership award will go to the Crowne Plaza.

Tickets are $150 per person. To purchase or for more information, call 925-228-0161.