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
Robert Stanfill, 1923 – 2015 Feb 19, 2015 The Plasterers leader and WWII vet led the state building trades for 16 years
John C. Wagoner, 1946 -2014 Feb 4, 2015 The Camas native was active in AWPPW, and lobbied in Olympia for fellow mill workers
Steven Fritz, 1960-2014 Oct 1, 2014 The OSH psychiatrist was head of his AFSCME local and husband to Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz
