In Memoriam

Zimmerman was president of IBEW Local 48 and assistant director at the NECA-IBEW Training Center

The former Oregon AFL president was a Korean War vet, fire fighter, legislator, and PGE executive.

The longtime ATU Local 757 secretary formerly worked for a Congresswoman and U.S. Senator

The Plasterers leader and WWII vet led the state building trades for 16 years

The Camas native was active in AWPPW, and lobbied in Olympia for fellow mill workers

The OSH psychiatrist was head of his AFSCME local and husband to Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz

Gallagher worked in public sector unions and retired from UO LERC in 1992.

The longtime UAW member was active in union and Democratic politics

Greer was a Machinists union rep and active in the Oregon AFL-CIO.

The retired University of Hawaii professor was an active historian of Northwest labor history

The retired IBEW Local 48 officer was head of the SW Washington Labor Roundtable

The UFCW Local 555 union rep started as a union meatcutter in New York.

Krahn was a longtime business agent at United Brotherhood of Carpenters

Pool was a union barber in Albany, Oregon for more than five decades.

The Navy veteran was business manager of Portland Iron Workers Local 29.

The former Oregon AFL-CIO political director was a longtime member of IBEW Local 48

The letter carriers union leader joined USPS in 1978.

Fahey helped found the Carpenters Food Bank.

The former president of the Washington State Labor Council started as a printers union activist

The one-time secretary-treasurer of UFCW Local 555 started as a meatcutter at age 15.