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Month: October 2022

Economists: Blast proposed Michels tax plan

Posted on October 27, 2022

“What a ‘flat tax’ does in Wisconsin is let the richest residents of the state off the hook for taxes,” said Laura Dresser, Associate Director, [COWS], University of Wisconsin- Madison. “The state doesn’t need policy …

Posted in In the News

Workers lost ground on wages in wake of Wisconsin’s anti-labor laws

Posted on October 19, 2022

Despite the gains, racial and gender disparities persist, a report by [COWS] at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found… “The distance that black and brown workers are from white workers in terms of wages is substantial,” …

Posted in In the News

Strike continues at Racine Case tractor factory with no clear end in sight

Posted on October 18, 2022

Laura Dresser, associate director of the COWS economic think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said tight labor markets and the COVID-19 pandemic have put more power in the hands of workers. “I think workers …

Posted in In the News

The Conservative Astroturf Organization Rolling Back Child Labor Protections

Posted on October 11, 2022

Laura Dresser, a labor economist and associate director of [COWS], a progressive policy organization, told Workday Magazine and the Prospect that the push to erode child labor protections is “less about getting people to pack …

Posted in In the News

Wisconsin workers show renewed energy after decade of anti-union laws

Posted on October 6, 2022

“Workers have a sense of the leverage and the value they have,” said labor economist Laura Dresser, an associate director for [COWS] at UW-Madison. “You can see that in the high rate of churn.”

Posted in In the News

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