[March 3, 1942 – Feb. 23, 2021]
Bill Belanger, a retired apprenticeship coordinator and 54-year member of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1, passed away at his North Portland houseboat Feb. 23. He was 78.
Bill Belanger
Belanger joined Local 1 in 1966 after being hired as an apprentice bricklayer on a project in Seaside, Oregon. He earned journeyman status in three and a half years.
He was active in the union and held many elected offices, including sergeant-at-arms, recording secretary, president, and business agent. He served as apprenticeship coordinator for several years in the early ’80s.
In 1985 he was elected executive secretary-treasurer of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council. Because the job did not pay a full-time salary at the time, he also worked part-time as a bricklayer. He left the council after one year to work full-time at his trade. In 1994 he was hired back as Local 1’s apprenticeship coordinator. He retired from that post
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