Laura Dresser, a labor economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said at that hiring pace, it’ll be a long time before Wisconsin makes up the hundreds of thousands of jobs lost in April. Listen in: …
Month: January 2021
Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to reduce income inequality is echoed in Joe Biden’s $15-an-hour minimum wage proposal – Interview with Laura Dresser
Laura Dresser, a labor economist and the associate director at COWS, said that in a place like Milwaukee, concerns about job loss are based on an outdated narrative that places manufacturing at the center of …
Black and Latina women carried the brunt of job loss in December – Interview with Laura Dresser
Laura Dresser said prior economic declines were led by male-dominated fields, such as construction and manufacturing. The pandemic-driven decline, she said, has strongly affected areas – such as the restaurant and education industries – with …
Fact-check: Did Black and Latina women carry the brunt of job losses in December?
Laura Dresser said prior economic declines were led by male-dominated fields, such as construction and manufacturing. The pandemic-driven decline, she said, has strongly affected areas – such as the restaurant and education industries – with …