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
James Hester, 1957-2012
Lung cancer took the life of the union rep and former head of AFSCME Local 189.
Carla Floyd, 1949-2012
Floyd led CWA Local 7901 from 1987 to 1996.
Keith Johnson, 1930-2012
The Woodworkers president was part of the national AFL-CIO leadership in the 1970s and '80s.
Tom Drew, 1935-2012
The long-time federal mediator grew up union.
Don Willner, 1926-2012
Willner, lawmaker and union attorney, worked with Cesar Chavez and represented Oregonian strikers.
Doris Buck, 1913-2012
The UFCW leader once bargained the highest wage rates in the U.S. poultry industry.
Marty Blake, 1937-2012
Blake led SEIU Local 49 and was SEIU international vice president until he retired in 1983.
Labor songwriter Harry Stamper, 1944-2012
The longshore worker's song about worker safety is part of the Smithsonian Folkways collection.
Daniel Bonham, 1955-2012
Daniel Bonham of Carpenters Local 156 died March 3 after falling in Silver Falls State Park.
Jim Ridderbusch, 1935-2012
The retired member of Operating Engineers Local 701 died Jan. 6 after being hit by a car.
Melvin “Pete” Oscar Peterson, 1927-2011
Melvin “Pete” Peterson was president of Bakers Local 364 for 20 years.
Lee Hunsaker, former Machinists rep, 1923-2011
Lee Hunsaker, a former business representative and 69-year member of the Machinists Union, died Nov. 11 of age-related causes. He was 88.
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