Labor Education and
Research Center
We provide education, training, events, and applied research to
working people in Washington State.
Advisory Committee
The Labor Center’s Advisory Committee is appointed for two-year terms. The current committee was appointed in Spring 2022:
- Alex Miller, Assistant Professor, UW Tacoma
- Andrew Hedden, Associate Director, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, UW
- Connor Casey, Labor Archives of Washington, UW
- Elaine Carlson, OPEIU 8 Executive Board Member, South/West Region
- Emmanuel Flores, Workforce Development Director, WSLC, AFL-CIO
- Karen Estevenin, Executive Director, PROTEC17
- Karen Strickland, President, AFT Washington
- Larry Cushnie, Political Science Faculty, South Seattle College
- Laura Kingston, Executive Dean, South Seattle College Georgetown
- Ligaya Domingo, Racial Justice and Education Director, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
- Marc Auerbach, Education Director, UFCW 3000
- Michael Laslett, Deputy Director of Offense, SEIU
- Peter Hasegawa, Organizing Director, MLK Labor
- Sarah Bright, Organizing Director, SEIU 925
- Shaunie Wheeler James, Deputy Executive Secretary-Treasurer, MLK Labor
- Tina Morrison, Secretary-Treasurer, Spokane Regional Labor Council