Year: 2014

Raising the minimum wage would help not only workers but the state’s economy, the UW-Madison’s Center on Wisconsin Strategy said Wednesday. n Read more   http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/economists-say-higher-minimum-wages-help-not-hurt-economy/article_6357f42a-e8f6-5990-b38c-fae58e9a8b2f.html

Poverty-wage work is widespread in Wisconsin, particularly in food, retail, residential and in-home health care sectors, with roughly 700,000 workers earning less than a living wage in 2013, according to a report released Thursday by …

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The Joy Cardin ShowLabor unions in Wisconsin will have their day in the sun again, according to Joy Cardin’s guest Barry Eidlin, but it’s going to take a while.  In the State Capitol Report, Eidlin …

Laura Dresser, COWS Associate Director, will present on the State of Working Wisconsin 2014 to AFL-CIO Delegates. n Tuesday, September 23, 20141:50 pm Central   http://www.wisaflcio.org/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=f0a0d09b-ec33-469c-ab11-56b80b2d59b6

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UW-Madison researcher predicts that income gap will catalyze union comeback.