In Memoriam

Oregon lost a working woman’s hero Oct. 6 with the passing of labor leader Nellie Fox-Edwards at age 93.

As longtime attorney at IBEW Local 48, he used his knowledge of the law to help union members and working people.

As head of OPEIU Local 11, he negotiated contracts for workers at Northwest Natural.

Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.

Together with late husband Jesse Stranahan, she was well known in the local labor movement as a tireless fighter for economic justice.

Imel, a unionist since 1951, headed the NW Oregon Labor Council and served as labor liaison for Congressmembers Les AuCoin and Elizabeth Furse.

The career union rep worked on civil rights for the UAW, and later served as political director for Teamsters Joint Council 37.

The NW Oregon Labor Council leader was a 59-year member of UFCW.

Fortune, a 59-year member of UFCW Local 555, led NOLC from 1985 to 1998.

A longtime leader of OEA, he helped pass Oregon's public employee collective bargaining law.

The MEBA rep was a Port commissioner and Oregon labor chair for Nixon’s 1968 presidential run.

The longtime Plumbers union officer was an Irish tenor and a WWII-era vet.

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