Norman Malbin, 1949-2017 Oct 16, 2017 As longtime attorney at IBEW Local 48, he used his knowledge of the law to help union members and working people.
Gary D. Kirkland, 1947-2017 Oct 2, 2017 As head of OPEIU Local 11, he negotiated contracts for workers at Northwest Natural.
Gary Will, 1938 – 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.
Lois Stranahan, 1919-2017 May 25, 2017 Together with late husband Jesse Stranahan, she was well known in the local labor movement as a tireless fighter for economic justice.
Lon Imel, 1929-2017 Mar 15, 2017 Imel, a unionist since 1951, headed the NW Oregon Labor Council and served as labor liaison for Congressmembers Les AuCoin and Elizabeth Furse.
Lynn R. Lehrbach, 1937-2017 Feb 14, 2017 The career union rep worked on civil rights for the UAW, and later served as political director for Teamsters Joint Council 37.
Former labor council leader Ron Fortune dies Dec 1, 2015 Fortune, a 59-year member of UFCW Local 555, led NOLC from 1985 to 1998.
Robert G. Crumpton, 1935-2015 Nov 3, 2015 A longtime leader of OEA, he helped pass Oregon’s public employee collective bargaining law.
William Martin Fast, 1918-2015 Nov 3, 2015 The MEBA rep was a Port commissioner and Oregon labor chair for Nixon’s 1968 presidential run.
