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July 6, 2018 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
NORTHWEST
LABOR
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CULTURE
Latest Stoner mystery looks at
Portland firefighter
Susan Stoner, retired former
attorney at Amalgamated
Transit Union Local 757, has
published the seventh in a se-
ries of historical detective fic-
tion novels set in the Portland
of the early 20th century. Slow
Burn is set in 1903 and fea-
tures as a character a true-to-
life fire fighter — David
Campbell — who was killed
in the line of duty in 1911.
Campbell was an extraordi-
narily popular fire chief. An
estimated 150,000 mourners
attended his downtown Port-
land funeral procession, and in
1927, small triangular park
with a stone memorial depict-
ing him in bas-relief was ded-
icated in his honor at South-
west 18th Avenue and
Burnside. To this day, fire-
fighters gather at the park on
his birthday, June 26, and toll
a bell for Portland fire fighters
killed on the job.
Slow Burn also looks at the
schism within Portland’s tiny
Black community between
followers of Booker T. Wash-
ington and followers of
W.E.B. DuBois.
Stoner’s series follows fic-
tional trade union operative
Sage Adair. In Slow Burn,
Adair investigates a series of
arsons, and helps fire fighters
organize a union.
Stoner served 24 years as
staff attorney for the transit
union, and retired in 2015.
BOOK READING
Stoner will present her latest
book, Slow Burn, at 7 p.m. Aug.
30 at Powell’s Books Hawthorne,
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
A panel and community
discussion on Janus
The Oregon chapter of the La-
bor and Employment Rela-
tions Association (LERA) is
holding a community discus-
sion about the Supreme
Court’s decision in Janus v.
AFSCME. Panelists will pres-
ent the historical, legal, and
social context of the decision
and discuss its practical impli-
cations. The panelists are
Lewis & Clark law professor
Henry Drummonds; SEIU Lo-
cal 503 executive director
Melissa Unger; Oregon Gov-
ernor Kate Brown’s labor ad-
visor Elana Pirtle-Guiney;
union-side attorney Tom
Doyle of Bennett, Hartman,
Morris & Kaplan; and the
Oregon state university sys-
tem’s labor relations director,
Brian Caufield.
■ When: Tuesday Aug. 14, breakfast at
7:30 a.m., panel from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
■ Where: Moda Tower, 601 SW 2nd
Avenue, Suite 1930, Portland, OR, via
livestream video presentation,
Springfield City Hall Library Meeting
Room, 225 5th Street, Springfield.
■ Cost: $30 for LERA members, $45 for
others.
■ Register: online at oregonlera.org
■ More info: If you have questions
about membership or registration,
contact Phil Lesch at phil@psuaaup.net.