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Labor History

Beyond ‘Wages, Benefits and Working Conditions’

In post-war St. Louis, two visionary Teamsters put their union in service of the community.
People

New UO LERC instructor: Sarah Laslett

Laslett most recently directed the Washington State Labor Education and Research Center.
Culture

Summer Institute for Women comes to Portland

This year’s Institute drew 150 attendees, including about 60 from Canada
People

Labor educator Lynn Feekin to retire

Feekin has been at University of Oregon 21 years
Workers Rights

Common Sense Economics introduced at Labor Law Conference

The program illustrates why today’s economy isn’t working for working people.
Analysis

UP IS DOWN

How the Oregonian stretched facts to argue that a massive minimum wage increase wouldn’t help workers
In Memoriam

Jim Gallagher, 1934-2014

Gallagher worked in public sector unions and retired from UO LERC in 1992.
People

New LERC instructor brings an organizer’s perspective

Raahi Reddy was hired to replace longtime labor educator Marcus Widenor, who retired.
In Memoriam

Bill Fritz, 1945-2013

A labor educator, he headed the Portland office of UO's Labor Education and Research Center
Oregon/Washington

Agencies near and dear to labor mostly spared cuts by Legislature

Among state agencies of concern to labor - BOLI, LERC, ERB - the scenario is belt-tightening but no disabling cuts.
Jobs

LERC professor says job training not solution to unemployment

Union membership plays bigger role in wage rates than education.
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