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LERC
Analysis
Reality Check
Labor professor Gordon Lafer can be relied on to tell it straight. Was there something different about the strike upsurge of 2023? We asked.
People
UO LERC now fully staffed
The addition of Rebekah Whittaker and Janet Bauer means LERC can expand its reach of research and trainings.
Green Jobs
Shouldn’t electric cars mean good jobs?
Gordon Lafer says the federal government should put workers’ rights conditions on the coming billions in subsidy.
People
For a lifelong labor educator, the end of the ninth inning arrives
Bob Bussel did security for Cesar Chavez. He had lunch with the real Norma Rae. And he spent 27 years training generations of labor leaders.
Culture
Want diversity in construction? Hire union
Local union apprenticeship programs have had much more success than non-union getting Black, Hispanic, and women workers into construction.
People
PERSONNEL REPORT
Sherman Henry and Lina Stepick leave LERC, ONA's director departs, and Mayor Wheeler reappoints Willy Myers to Prosper Portland.
In Memoriam
Burton David White, 1930-2021
After a decade and a half at Oregon and California nurses unions, he spent most of his career mediating and arbitrating labor disagreements.
Workers Rights
Study says employers are skirting landmark law aimed at curbing abusive scheduling practices
The only statewide law of its kind, SB 828 was meant to make workers’ schedules more predictable, but a UO study shows it's falling short.
In Memoriam
Steven Deutsch, 1937-2020
Deutsch was one of the founders of the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center.
People
Barbara Byrd wraps up 41-year career in labor movement
After 41 years as a labor educator and 14 years at the Oregon AFL-CIO, Barbara Byrd is retiring for real.
Oregon
LERC faces drastic budget cut
The union training and research center is slated for a 45 percent cut.
Analysis
In Oregon, having a union at work means an extra $4,701 a year, and better benefits
A new report from the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center finds that Oregon workers covered by a union contract earn 11 percent more than non-union workers.
Union Organizing
The untold story of a big union win
Before Oregon home care workers unionized in 2001, they earned $8.14 an hour and had no benefits, not even workers’ comp for injuries on the job. A new documentary tells their story.
People
New faculty at LERC
Long-time Labor Notes leader Mark Brenner will focus on teaching, while UCLA sociologist Lina Stepick will serve labor as a researcher.
Culture
University of Oregon LERC celebrates 40 years of support for labor
The $1 million a year university extension program helps unions with training and research.
Analysis
Class War in the Capital City
In his new book, Gordon Lafer argues there's a top-down class war under way, in which business groups are using state legislatures to remake America.
People
South Florida labor leader named newest faculty member at University of Oregon LERC
Sherman Henry is the longtime leader of an AFSCME local at the nation's fourth-largest school system.
People
LERC instructor Helen Moss retires
Moss has been with University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center since 1999.
People
Steelworker honored for lifetime of service
Wayne Anderson once headed the Oregon Democratic Party.
