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Month: March 2023

41% of Milwaukee Workers Have ‘Bad’ Jobs

Posted on March 22, 2023

“Milwaukee has become a center of low-wage workers,” says Peter Rickman, President of MASH, the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization, which partnered with COWS on the study. “It was once one of the …

Posted in In the News

Wisconsin layoff notices up from this time last year, showing signs of possible economic slowdown

Posted on March 20, 2023

Despite unemployment remaining low, Laura Dresser, associate director of the COWS economic think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said increased layoffs are tied to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to curb inflation by raising interest …

Posted in In the News

COWS report finds 41 percent of Milwaukee workers paid less than $15 per hour

Posted on March 14, 2023

In its “Facts from the Frontline” report, COWS highlights the declining share of manufacturing employees making up the region’s workforce, as well as falling union membership and rising income inequality along racial lines.

Posted in In the News

Wisconsin sees increased child labor complaints as violations rise nationally

Posted on March 6, 2023

Laura Dresser, associate director of the COWS economic think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the rise of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border has played a role in the rise in child labor. …

Posted in In the News

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