Wisconsin’s economic recovery from COVID-19 continued in December with the state adding 6,300 jobs. We have come a long way out of the massive jobs hole created in March 2020. Job growth has not been …
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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 …
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 …