For more than forty years, the Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) at the University of Oregon has been a critical source of applied research, hands-on training, and technical assistance for policy-makers and labor rights advocates, as well as union and community leaders in Oregon and beyond. LERC is the only program in Oregon’s higher education system that examines work and the economy with a focus on the needs, interests, and priorities of workers and working-class communities.
We are looking for a Labor Educator AND a Labor Researcher to join our faculty.
Newly published:
November 2024: Oregon’s Farmworker Overtime Law and its Legislative Future by Mary Follo, MPP, MS. – A Graduate Researcher at the Labor Education and Research Center.
Learn about your rights in the workplace
Topics include grievance handling, organizing, bargaining, the law, and more.
Research Expertise
Gain new insights from our research on promoting economic equity, contracting of public services, and worker health and safety.
Helping Union Members Learn and Lead
Labor unions network with each other and develop new leadership capacity from our workshops and customized facilitation and strategic planning services.
A video history of LERC: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary
