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Shouldn’t electric cars mean good jobs?

Jan 7, 2022

Gordon Lafer says the federal government should put workers’ rights conditions on the coming billions in subsidy.

For a lifelong labor educator, the end of the ninth inning arrives

Dec 1, 2021

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.

Want diversity in construction? Hire union

Nov 17, 2021

Local union apprenticeship programs have had much more success than non-union getting Black, Hispanic, and women workers into construction.

PERSONNEL REPORT

Jun 30, 2021

Sherman Henry and Lina Stepick leave LERC, ONA’s director departs, and Mayor Wheeler reappoints Willy Myers to Prosper Portland.

Burton David White, 1930-2021

Mar 3, 2021

After a decade and a half at Oregon and California nurses unions, he spent most of his career mediating and arbitrating labor disagreements.

Study says employers are skirting landmark law aimed at curbing abusive scheduling practices

Sep 1, 2020

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.

Steven Deutsch, 1937-2020

Mar 4, 2020

Deutsch was one of the founders of the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center.

Barbara Byrd wraps up 41-year career in labor movement

Oct 17, 2019

After 41 years as a labor educator and 14 years at the Oregon AFL-CIO, Barbara Byrd is retiring for real.

LERC faces drastic budget cut

May 1, 2019

The union training and research center is slated for a 45 percent cut.

In Oregon, having a union at work means an extra $4,701 a year, and better benefits

Mar 13, 2019

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.