Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
In Memoriam
Machinists mourn loss of Dick Schneider
Dick Schneider, a 51-year member of Machinists Local 63 and a former representative of the Machinists' international, died March 17 of cardiac arrest.
Steven Deutsch, 1937-2020
Deutsch was one of the founders of the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center.
Robert Blanche, 1962-2020
The former president of the Portland local of SAG-AFTRA was best known for playing Sgt. Franco on NBC's Grimm.
Garry Paul Goodwin, 1931-2019
He served union members as a local union president and training coordinator for the Carpenters Union.
Michael H. Carnahan, 1953-2019
He was an active member of IBEW Local 48 and treasurer of the IBEW and United Workers Federal Credit Union.
ATU president Larry Hanley, 1957-2019
Hanley, national president of 200,000-member Amalgamated Transit Union, died suddenly of pulmonary disease May 7 at the age of 62.
Lee Duncan, 1954-2019
A Navy veteran and former business IBEW Local 48 business rep, Duncan founded a motorcycle poker run that raised $465,000 for a children's hospital.
Father Robert Krueger, 1929-2019
Krueger, a Catholic priest who supported workers struggles for justice, was a frequent presence at union rallies and picket lines.
Chuck Moffitt, 1952-2019
Moffitt was an accountant at the City of Portland and a union officer in AFSCME Local 189 and Oregon AFSCME.
PAUL KIMBERLING: 1944 – 2019
Kimberling was instrumental in the merger of Oregon plumbers and pipefitters locals more than three decades ago.
Laborers representative Kyle Estes killed in head-on collision
Estes was on his way to Portland for a union training when an oncoming driver swerved into his lane.
Ron Heintzman: 1953-2018
The Portland transit union leader helped build Local 757, and was briefly national union president.
Glenn Shuck, 1936-2018
The former Steelworkers Local 3010 president spent 25 years Labor's Community Service Agency.
Frank Regalado, 1951-2018
Regalado was a 41-year member of the International Union of Elevator Constructors, and a longtime officer in Local 23.
Nellie Fox-Edwards, a pioneer for women in labor
Oregon lost a working woman’s hero Oct. 6 with the passing of labor leader Nellie Fox-Edwards at age 93.
Norman Malbin, 1949-2017
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
As head of OPEIU Local 11, he negotiated contracts for workers at Northwest Natural.
Gary Will, 1938 – 2017
Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.
Lois Stranahan, 1919-2017
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
Imel, a unionist since 1951, headed the NW Oregon Labor Council and served as labor liaison for Congressmembers Les AuCoin and Elizabeth Furse.
