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Keckhaver, J. Wisconsin Tax Fact Sheets. COWS, 2002.
A collection of tax facts on various budget and tax issues in Wisconsin.
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A report about the structure and persistence of low-wage jobs in Wisconsin (August 2002).
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,. “Wisconsin Manufacturers Development Consortium Cluster Development Policy in Action”. The Advanced Manufacturing Project, COWS, 2002.
The Wisconsin Manufacturers Development Consortium (WMDC), in conjunction with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, was formed in 1998 to improve supplier performance and to promote progressive supply management practices in the state of Wisconsin. This is considered an Interim Report.
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Freeman, R. B., and J. Rogers. A Proposal to American Labor. no. 274, The Nation, 2002, pp. 18-24.
This June 24, 2002 article discusses the changing dynamic within labor unions-present labor organizing is not keeping pace with economic changes and a nearly lethal employer and policy environment. The authors propose the idea of “open-source unionism,” a type of unionism in which membership is more diversified and the internet is used as a means of communication. The case for “open-source unionism” begins by recognizing that traditional unionism and strategies for advancing it are not succeeding.
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,. Milwaukee Jobs Initiative: Five Years of Better Jobs. COWS, 2002.
A report on the Milwaukee Jobs Initiative (MJI) and the successes thereof within the years 1997-2002.
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,. Pulling Apart: Wisconsin’s Strong 1990s Growth Masked Growing Inequality. COWS and Wisconsin Council on Children & Families, 2002.
A report about Wisconsin’s growing inequality which outpaces the national trend.
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Bernstein, J., H. Boushy, E. McNichol, and R. Zahradnik. Pulling Apart: A State by State Analysis of Income Trends. Economic Policy Institute and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2002.Despite economic growth in the 1990’s, income inequality is on the rise. This analysis examines trends in income inequality in each of the 50 states over the past two business cycles.Document
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Freeman, R. B., and J. Rogers. Open Source Unionism: Beyond Exclusive Collective Bargaining. Working USA, 2002, pp. 8-40.
A report on the benefits of “open source unionism”, unionization that is open to non-majority memberships which makes extensive use of the internet to deliver services to workers. This article describes current union activity heading in this general direction. It assesses the legal and administrative feasibility of open source unionism and suggests ways unions could develop it further.
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, W. Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership 2002 Annual Report. WRTP, 2002.
2002 Annual Report of the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (WRTP).
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Cohen, J., and J. Rogers. “Power and Reason”. Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance, Verso, 2002, pp. 237-55.
This chapter in Archon Fung and Erik Olin Wright’s Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance, discusses that governments should seek to foster increased and effective public participation in governance and build new arenas for solving problems through citizen deliberation.
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