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IBEW Local 48 is honored as "union of the year"

Oregon Trial Lawyers Association presented the award at its annual convention in August.

Steve Filson of NALC Branch 1937 used CPR to save a victim of heart failure

Quinn works to recruit new electrical apprentices, including women and minorities

Starting at Lodge 1432 in 1971, Sass rose to become secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Machinists

Henson started as a Carpenter, became head of SEIU Local 49, and returned to serve AFSCME

Towers helped empower home care workers, raise corporate taxes, and save public services from cuts.

Malbin policed an industry, trained hundreds in labor law, and helped members with legal problems

Co-founder Lee Duncan retires from Unions4Kids, and his job at IBEW Local 48

Lucy has been with the Machinists for 35 years.

The historical mystery series follows a fictional trade union spy in early 1900s Portland.

Hurtis Hadley is a retired member of Bakers Local 114

Raahi Reddy was hired to replace longtime labor educator Marcus Widenor, who retired.

Edwards, 64, was IBEW's first black business manager

The top labor leader is a native Oregonian.

The former graduate teaching fellow has 13 years in the labor movement

Lansing, 62, is the first from Local 114 to serve the union’s national Executive Board

The longtime AFT leader helped bring down perennial union foe Bill Sizemore.

Her replacement is Karly Edwards, a longtime UNITE HERE organizer.

The member-owned co-op serves 20,000 in Salem and Keizer.