About
For more than two decades, High Road Strategy Center’s State of Working Wisconsin and Monthly Job Watch have presented the workers’ perspective on the economy in the state:
- What’s going on with work and jobs, who is winning in this economy, and who is being left out;
- Where is disparity growing;
- What’s happening to the economic chasm separating Black and white workers in the state.
Working Wisconsin is a project of the High Road Strategy Center, a national think-and-do tank that promotes “high road” solutions to social problems.
Acknowledgements
We thank the many workers and partners who participated in this project:
Caity Penzey Moog
Erica Nelson
Evan Reed
Jenny Riggenbach
Jon Peacock
Kevin Kane
Maxwell Love
Michele Mackey
Peter Rickman
Rachel Hogan
Rafael Smith
Robert Kraig
Stephanie Muñoz
Tamarine Cornelius
Meet Our Partners
Kids Forward
“Kids Forward was established in 1881 as the Wisconsin Conference on Charities and Corrections, and is the oldest multi-issue child and family advocacy organization in the country.”
Race to Equity
The Race to Equity report aims to answer “whether Black residents of Dane County are better or worse off” since their initial project release in 2013 and “to shine a light on the deep disparities existing in every area of our lives”.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
“Founded in 1983 as a community/labor coalition, Citizen Action Wisconsin was an early anchor affiliate of the influential Citizen Action/USAction, played a leading role in organizing the network merger that created People’s Action, and has a leading role in its strategy and governance.”
Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization (MASH)
The Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization “represents over 1,000 workers in the service and hospitality industry in Milwaukee and beyond” with a collective goal to “implement a community benefits agreement covering employment in the new downtown arena district”.
SEIU Wisconsin
“SEIU Wisconsin unites thousands of healthcare, property services and public school workers across race, gender, background and industries to build a state where every family can thrive and where every worker is respected, protected and paid a living wage.”