RESEARCH

LERC faculty conduct research on issues related to employment, labor relations, economic affairs, and workers’ rights. Our studies and reports have been used by unions, government agencies, community organizations, and political leaders in developing public policies and programs that address the needs and interests of working Oregonians.

As the attached studies and reports indicate, LERC faculty members possess wide-ranging scholarly and research expertise. We are committed to making this expertise readily available to our constituents as an essential element of our public service.

Recent Applications:

• All Costs Considered: A NEW Analysis on the Contracting Out of School Support Services in Oregon
  Gordon Lafer, PhD & Bob Bussel, PhD
  
  
• Neither Free Nor Fair: The Subversion of Democracy Under NLRB Elections
  Gordon Lafer, PhD
  
  
• The LPN: A Practical Way to Alleviate the Nursing Shortage
  Gordon Lafer, PhD & Helen Moss, MA
  
  
• The Social Equity Factor: Community Attitudes, Expectations, and Priorities for Eugene’s Sustainable Business Development
  Bob Bussel, PhD, Lynn Feekin & Claire Syrett
  
  
• Free and Fair? How Labor Law Fails U.S. Democratic Election Standards
  Gordon Lafer, PhD
  
  
• Construction Apprenticeship in Oregon: An Analysis of Data on Union and OpenShop Apprenticeship Programs
  Barbara Byrd, PhD & Marc Weinstein, PhD
  
  
• All Costs Considered: A Report on the Contracting Out of School Support Services in Oregon
  Gordon Lafer, PhD & Bob Bussel, PhD
  
  
• Hospital Speedups and the Fiction of a Nursing Shortage
  Gordon Lafer, PhD
  
  
• Solving the Nursing Shortage
  Gordon Lafer, PhD