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Save the Date: April 25-26th 2025 PNLHA Conference

This year the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association will hold a conference in Portland, OR on April 25th and 26th. The theme of the conference is, “Workers and Unions in a Hostile Political Climate—What Can Labor History Tell Us?” Subtopics at the conference may include:

The Immigration Act of 1924 in Historical Perspective

Young Workers Organizing Today

Labor and the Environment

Race and Labor in the PNW

Labor History of PNW industries

Specific details about the conference will come later. In the meantime, please visit the PNLHA website for more information about their work and what they do.

Newsworthy

The Bob Bussel Labor History Lecture Series Presents:

 Why Farm Worker Justice Must Come
from the Bottom Up

Matt Garcia
Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of History, Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, and Human Relations, Dartmouth CollegeFarm workers

Photo: Tim Mossholder, Unsplash.com

October 3, 2022
4:00-5:30 pm
Knight Law Center, Room 175
1515 Agate St., Eugene, OR

Professor Garcia will speak about the continuing challenges to farm worker organizing, and to explore models of “social responsibility”
and labor rights in the fast food industry over the last fifty years.

Sponsored by the The University of Oregon:
Labor Education and Research Center
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Department of History

Download History Series flyer

Newsworthy

Zoom recording of Apprenticeship Briefing

Constructing a Diverse WorkforceIn conjunction with National Apprenticeship Week, the Labor Education and Research Center held a briefing on Tuesday November 16, 2021 to share the findings from our new report  Constructing a Diverse Workforce: Examining Union and Non-Union Construction Apprenticeship Programs and their Outcomes for Women and Workers of Color, authored by LERC research Dr. Larissa Petrucci.

Download the Executive Summary
Download the Full Report

Special thanks to Dr. Larissa Petrucci for all her work on this study, and to all our panelists for sharing their insights and perspectives:

Download Dr. Petrucci’s Powerpoint slides .pdf

Watch the November 16, 2021 Apprenticeship Briefing on LERC’s YouTube Channel

Watch the video produced by the
Metropolitan Alliance for Workforce Equity on the impact of access to apprenticeship opportunities for women and workers of color.

If you would like to receive a hard copy of the report, please email lerc@uoregon.edu, including your mailing address, and we will send one to you.

If you would like to arrange a presentation for your organization, please contact Mark Brenner, mbrenner@uoregon.edu or 503-412-3723.