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.
William James “Billy” McNicholas, 1926- 2015 Oct 13, 2015 The longtime Plumbers union officer was an Irish tenor and a WWII-era vet.
Bruce Zimmerman 1944-2015 Jun 3, 2015 Zimmerman was president of IBEW Local 48 and assistant director at the NECA-IBEW Training Center
Ed Whelan, 1926-2015 May 14, 2015 The former Oregon AFL president was a Korean War vet, fire fighter, legislator, and PGE executive.
Helen Nickum, 1928-2015 Apr 2, 2015 The longtime ATU Local 757 secretary formerly worked for a Congresswoman and U.S. Senator
