Kent Wong, was the director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991-2023. An esteemed community leader, Wong was renowned across Los Angeles and the nation for his labor and immigrant rights advocacy. As director of the UCLA Labor Center —and more recently, its project director of labor and community partnerships—Wong cemented the center as a groundbreaking hub for research and leadership development programs that serve workers and immigrants….
Registration is now open for the 2025 Collective Bargaining Institute, December 7-12 at the University Place Hotel in Portland. The program provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of effective negotiations. …
In 2022, the Oregon state legislature passed HB 4002 which mandates overtime pay for farmworkers. In this policy brief, LERC Research Associate Mary Follo assesses the primary research cited by Oregon growers in opposition to the legislation. She finds a number of methodological problems with this research that cast doubt on their conclusions….
LERC announces the release of a new report: “A State of Immigrants: A New Look at the Immigrant Experience in Oregon.” The book was edited by LERC Director, Bob Bussel and produced by LERC Staff, with contributions from scholars across the state….