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Month: November 2022

Report: Public development subsidy deals should guarantee better jobs, working conditions

Posted on November 29, 2022

“It’s important for Milwaukee to see itself as a national leader in this way and to reapply the lessons from the Deer District as new development is considered,” says Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS. …

Posted in In the News

Rash of illnesses among Wisconsin kids keeping caregivers home from work

Posted on November 28, 2022

“There is this thing that’s changed about what we do when we’re sick, when our kids are sick, what our child cares will accept or tolerate when our kids are sick,” Dresser said. “I think …

Posted in In the News

Wisconsin-based company under investigation for allegedly using child labor

Posted on November 16, 2022

Laura Dresser, associate director of the COWS economic think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the labor shortage may make some companies more likely to violate protections for minors. “It is probably the case …

Posted in In the News

Amidst organizing surge, Wisconsin unions still face an uphill climb

Posted on November 4, 2022

“I don’t want to give the impression that this is some sort of workers’ paradise in any sector,” Dresser said. The tight labor market gave employees some additional power, “but there’s a lot of ways …

Posted in In the News

More Wisconsin workers are organizing. How much leverage do they have?

Posted on November 2, 2022

“I think that we have a context where workers, individually and collectively, are demanding more of work,” said Laura Dresser, a labor economist and associate director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison think tank COWS. In …

Posted in In the News

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