Wisconsin Examiner‘s Erik Gunn covers union expansion in the Milwaukee suburbs. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade, and activists seeking to raise it have promoted …
Month: September 2021
August 2021 Data Analysis
In March 2020, the US took dramatic steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. States issued stay-at-home orders, the economy contracted dramatically, jobs plummeted, and unemployment spiked. After the collapse, the economy improved rapidly in …
WUWM’s Lake Effect: Wisconsin’s Low-Wage Workers & COWS Annual Labor Report
WUWM’s Lake Effect interviews Laura Dresser about Wisconsin’s Low Wage Workers & COWS Annual Labor Report.
Wisconsin’s Labor Movement is Having a Big Moment
As Labor Day 2021 rolls around, Wisconsin workers face their greatest opportunity for wage growth and unionization in years. The post Wisconsin’s Labor Movement is Having a Big Moment appeared first on UpNorthNews | Wisconsin News For You.
Better Wages, Stronger Benefits Key To Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery, UW-Madison Study Finds
“Many of the problems that the State of Working Wisconsin has documented for more than two decades were really exposed and exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and its impact on work,” said Laura Dresser. “The very …
Where Employment, Wages And Unions Stand In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time interviews Laura Dresser on the new “Working Wisconsin” report, tracking the trends in wages, jobs and organization for the state’s labor force during the last year. We find out about how a …
Report: Unions weaker, wages stagnant in Wisconsin in recent years
Unions in Wisconsin are significantly weaker than they were a decade ago and wage growth over the past quarter-century was stagnant, according to a new report from COWS, a policy institute housed at UW-Madison. Read …
6 Ways to Measure the State of Workers
The data shows some surprising improvements in Wisconsin employment picture. Read the full article at: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2021/09/07/the-state-of-politics-6-ways-to-measure-state-of-workers/
Worker Experiences: State of Working Wisconsin 2021
In the summer of 2020, we spoke to workers in various sectors and across the state to better understand what the economy looks like for them, as well as the impact of policies (or lack thereof) at …
Lisa: 1 Year Later
When we interviewed Lisa last summer, her work in a nursing home put her at the center of the stress and fatality of the pandemic. She was working increased hours with inadequate protection and with …