In Memoriam

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

The WW II veteran was a Teamsters business agent and lobbyist from 1946 to 1987.

The career Boeing machinist was longtime recording secretary of Lodge 63.

The AFL-CIO field rep helped union campaigns throughout the Northwest.

The WWII vet was state leader of the Carpenters Union in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Heppner native worked for many union locals throughout his career.

Lung cancer took the life of the union rep and former head of AFSCME Local 189.

Floyd led CWA Local 7901 from 1987 to 1996.

The Woodworkers president was part of the national AFL-CIO leadership in the 1970s and '80s.

The long-time federal mediator grew up union.

Willner, lawmaker and union attorney, worked with Cesar Chavez and represented Oregonian strikers.

The UFCW leader once bargained the highest wage rates in the U.S. poultry industry.

Blake led SEIU Local 49 and was SEIU international vice president until he retired in 1983.

The longshore worker's song about worker safety is part of the Smithsonian Folkways collection.