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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | IN MEMORIAM Lee Duncan May 12, 1954 - May 23, 2019 Lee Duncan, a 30-year to the children’s hospital to- member of the Inter- taling $465,000. national Brotherhood Oliver Lee Duncan was of Electrical Workers born May 12, 1954, in Fort (IBEW) Local 48, Madison, Iowa. His family passed away May 23 moved to Evergreen, Col- after a long battle with orado, and later to Baker, Oregon, where he graduated cancer. He was 65. from high school. Duncan was a busi- A veteran of the U.S. ness rep for Local 48. Lee Duncan Navy, Duncan joined the He was also co- founder of the non-profit Unions Marine Unit of IBEW Local 48 for Kids (U4K) motorcycle poker in 1989 after taking a job at WSI run. The annual event, held from at the Portland Ship Repair Yard 2003 to 2015, included a poker on Swan Island. He left the ship- run, Harley-Davidson raffle, auc- yard in 1994 to work as a low- tion, and chili cookoff — with all voltage electrician on land. In proceeds going to Doernbecher 1999, while working for Chris- Children’s Hospital. U4K gave tensen Electric, then-Local 48 away 12 Harleys and cut checks business manager Jerry Bruce ATU president Larry Hanley Larry Hanley, national president of 200,000-member Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), died suddenly of pul- monary disease May 7 at the age of 62. A bus driver, he became president of Staten Island Local 726 in 1987. He allied with community groups to fight transit fare in- creases, and helped found the New York hired him as an organizer. Duncan remained on staff as an organizer and later as a business rep until 2009. He went back to the tools for a couple years before being rehired as a business rep in 2011. He worked in that capacity until his retirement in July 2014. Duncan served on Local 48’s Executive Board, as a delegate to the Northwest Oregon Labor Council, and on the Executive Board of the IBEW & United Workers Federal Credit Union. Duncan is survived by his wife Kathy, also a member of Local 48. They married in 2008 in a cere- mony held at the IBEW Local 48 hall. Other survivors include step- daughter, Amy; sister, Debra Payne; and brother, John. A memorial service has been set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at the IBEW Local 48 Hall. state Working Families Party. He won election as ATU national president in 2010 after fighting to oust mob-connected officials in a Queens local. As head of the national union, he advocated for better funding of mass transit as a response to climate change. Hundreds turned out to his funeral in Staten Island, and locals around the country observed a moment of silence May 14. Larry Hanley June 7, 2019 | PAGE 5 Father Robert Krueger Jan. 20, 1929 - April 28, 2019 The local labor movement lost ward Seminary in Kenmore, a friend and ally April 28 with Washington, and was ordained as a priest in 1956. the death of Robert Over the years he Krueger, a Catholic served at half a dozen priest who was of- Catholic parishes and ten seen at labor schools, and was pastor union rallies and of St. Andrew Parish picket lines. in Northeast Portland Krueger was 90. from 1990 to 2004. Af- Known to many as Bob,” ter retiring in 2004, he “Father Krueger was a pro- continued to served as ponent of Catholic Robert Krueger priest moderator at St. social teaching, a body of doc- Francis of Assisi Parish in trine in the church that ad- Southeast Portland. dresses oppression, social jus- Krueger spoke for justice, tice, and wealth distribution. whether at rallies or testifying “Because of our dignity as at Portland city council against human beings, made in the prison labor in parks. In 1997 image of God, workers have he was arrested for civil dis- rights to be able to fulfill their obedience in the lobby of destiny, to receive sufficient Wells Fargo bank in support of compensation, to be treated striking steelworkers. At one well,” Krueger told the Labor time he was member of the Press in a 2009 profile. “They steering committee of the have the right to organize and union-backed solidarity group bargain collectively and strike Portland Jobs With Justice. if necessary. We learned that Following a May 15 funeral as kids, and I never forgot.” mass at St. Andrew, Father Krueger attended Portland’s Krueger was buried in the Central Catholic High School priests’ section at Mount Cal- in the 1940s, studied at Mount vary Cemetery. Angel Seminary and St. Ed- Brother Lee Duncan, You will be missed. Union and Independently-owned locations throughout Washington and Oregon • Beaverton - 503.914.4003 • Gresham - 503.914.4005 • Salem - 503.914.4007 • Chehalis - 360.639.3377 • Longview - 360.639.3388 • Vancouver - 360.639.3399 • Eugene/Springfield - 541.622.0602 • Milwaukie - 503.821.0089 Salmon Creek has moved to a new location at 7819 NE 13th Ave.
