High Road Strategy Center

Jobs and Skills Publications

Below is a list of our reports related to jobs and skills, in descending order by year published. Explore other topics here and all High Road Strategy Center reports here.

  • Dresser, L., R. Richards, J. Rogers, and D. Salus. High Performance Partnerships: Winning Solutions for Employers and Workers. State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, 1999.

    This report introduces partnerships currently operating in Wisconsin and the theory behind them. It also demonstrates that the partnership systems are replicable by outlining the steps taken to develop a partnership of any scale and in any industry.

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  • Dresser, L., D. Lange, and A. Sirkus. Improving Retention of Frontline Caregivers in Dane County. COWS, 1999.

    This report examines the range of experience with Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) turnover and seeks to identify some of the best local practices that reduce turnover among CNA and staff.

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  • Rogers, J. “Sectoral Strategies of Labour Market Reform: Emerging Evidence from the United States”. Vocational and Adult Education in Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, pp. 269-87.

    This article compares the “American Model” of labour market regulation in the United States to outside countries, particularly in Europe.

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  • Rogers, J., and E. Parker. “Sectoral Training Initiatives in the U.S.: Building Blocks of a New Workforce Preparation System”. The German Skills Machine: Comparative Perspectives on Systems of Education and Training , Berghahn Books, 1999, pp. 326-62.
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  • Dresser, L., and J. Rogers. “Sectoral Strategies of Labor Market Reform: Emerging Evidence from the U.S.”. Vocational and Adult Education in Europe , Kluwer Academic, 1999, pp. 269-87.
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  • Rogers, J. Making Work Pay. Vol. 40, no. 10, Madison Magazine, 1998, p. 17.

    A discussion about legislation before the Madison City Council and Dane County Board about mandating a “living wage” for employees of local government and of firms contracting with or receiving economic assistance from that government.

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  • ,. Building Industry Partnerships in Dane County. COWS, 1998.

    This report provides an overview of the work to date between the Dane County Economic Summit Council and the Center on Wisconsin Strategy to develop industry partnerships, analyze the labor market, and help design a better integrated system of labor market administration.

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  • Rogers, J. “A Strategy for Labor”. The Changing Nature of Work, Island, 1998, pp. 241-4.

    This article offers suggestions for a strategy to revive labor by examining the general condition for successful union organization and then presenting a stylized model of “traditional unionism” to contrast with the recommended alternative.

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  • Dresser, L., S. Mangum, and J. Rogers. The State of Working Wisconsin. COWS, 1998.

    Using a variety of data on wages, family incomes, taxes, unemployment, and wealth and poverty, The State of Working Wisconsin 1998 examines the impact of today’s economy on the living standards of Wisconsin workers and their families. Throughout, we try to put current Wisconsin experience in perspective — through comparisons to national experience and Wisconsin’s own economic past.

    Documents below include the Executive Summary and the Full Report.

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  • Freeman, R., and J. Rogers. “What Do Workers Want? Voice, Representation and Power in the American Workplace”. Employee Representation in the Emerging Workplace: Alternatives/Supplements to Collective Bargaining, Kluwer Law International, 1998, pp. 3-31.
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