 In 1982, Tuteur received the Florence Criley Award, which was presented by the Coalition of Labor Union Women.The following year, Tuteur became the ACTWU's Assistant Director of Education and Political Action and served in that capacity for more than a decade.In 1995, when the ACTWU merged with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) to form Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), she became the Assistant Education Director for the Chicago and Central States Board and remained in that position until her 2001 retirement.