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 …
Year: 2021
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 …
Mariah: 1 Year Later
When we interviewed Mariah last summer, she shared how stressful it was to work in healthcare, from PPE shortages to the threat of disease transmission to at-risk family members. Understaffed & Overworked In the last …
Troy: 1 Year Later
When we interviewed Troy last summer, he had been laid off from all three of his jobs, and COVID-19 was dramatically changing his kids’ lives. A lot has changed since then at home and at …
Wages: State of Working Wisconsin 2021
For three million working Wisconsinites, wages are the most important measure of the quality of their jobs. Despite the global pandemic and the restructuring of every aspect of work and life in response to it, …
Unions: State of Working Wisconsin 2021
Since bricklayers in Milwaukee formed the state’s first trade union in 1847, organized labor has played a critical role in the economy, securing better wages and working conditions for workers throughout the state. In part …
Jobs: State of Working Wisconsin 2021
COVID-19 shuttered the economy in March 2020. Jobs plummeted. Unemployment skyrocketed. The recovery has been uneven. Key data below show how we are doing (all relative to February 2020). In part one of four, we’re …