Dr. Gordon Lafer, is an Associate Professor in the Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) at the University of Oregon. This center on campus focuses on making the expertise of higher education available to workers, unions, policy-makers, and community partners around the Pacific Northwest.

Gordon Lafer works on strategic planning and research and on labor and employment policy issues and has been at LERC since 1997. From 2009 through 2010 he also served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor. His most recent work examines the democratic standards used for workplace elections under the National Labor Relations Board.

Dr. Lafer’s research should spark some very interesting dialogue about ethical dilemas that many of us have likely experienced, such as: What do you owe a boss? Is non-violent sabotage OK? Why is work inherently humiliating?

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