The number of available Wisconsin workers remains small as people leave the labor force. Interview with Laura Dresser by Erik Gunn in November 19, 2021, Wisconsin Examiner.
Year: 2021
Black moms, their babies face higher health risk in Wisconsin, but Legislature won’t address it
Black Wisconsinites were nearly twice as likely as their white peers to not have health insurance, according to “Wisconsin’s Extreme Racial Disparity,” a 2017 report from COWS.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate remains at 3.9% for the sixth month in a row
“The pandemic really exacerbated and exposed some underlying issues in these labor markets, and those are issues relating to low wage jobs and gender inequality in the way we think about the distribution of care …
The UW Now: Understanding the Labor Shortage – Livestream Event with Laura Dresser
The UW Now Livestream presents Understanding the Labor Shortage Tuesday, October 12, 2021 7p CT Permanent Link Wisconsin Alumni Association YouTube channel The labor market continues to be an obstacle to a full economic recovery, …
Can a Milwaukee janitors’ contract plant the seeds of a new middle class?
Wisconsin Examiner‘s Erik Gunn covers union expansion in the Milwaukee suburbs. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade, and activists seeking to raise it have promoted …
The Wisconsin Early Childhood Workforce – How Do We Recruit, Retain & Support Them?
Thursday, September 30, 2021 2021 WECA (Wisconsin Early Childhood Association) Virtual Conference “The Wisconsin Early Childhood Workforce – How Do We Recruit, Retain & Support Them?” Laura Dresser 3-4:30p CT Full conference registration information.
WUWM’s Lake Effect: Wisconsin’s Low-Wage Workers & COWS Annual Labor Report
WUWM’s Lake Effect interviews Laura Dresser about Wisconsin’s Low Wage Workers & COWS Annual Labor Report.
Running on MT Podcast – High and Low Road Economies With Dr. Laura Dresser
Running on MT hosts Matt King and Tony Palmeri talk to Laura Dresser about “low road” features in Wisconsin’s economy such as low wages, declining unionization, and a racial wealth gap.
Blacksburg becomes one of three locations in U.S. to earn Mayors Innovative Design Cohort
The Cohort is a national partnership between the American Institute of Architects and the Mayors Innovation Project to “help build zero carbon, resilient, healthy, and equitable cities.” Blacksburg leaders will have the opportunity to address the climate crisis while …
6 Ways to Measure State of Workers
Wisconsin’s leisure and hospitality industry was hit hardest and had a net loss of 49,600 jobs statewide, according to COWS. “Even before the collapse, the industry’s workforce of waitstaff, bartenders, dishwashers, housekeepers, and others suffered …