In Memoriam

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.

The retired UFCW official was an expert on workers' compensation.

The American Postal Workers Union activist worked at Portland’s main post office for 45 years.

A labor educator, he headed the Portland office of UO's Labor Education and Research Center