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As Labor Day 2021 rolls around, Wisconsin workers face their greatest opportunity for wage growth and unionization in years. The post Wisconsin’s Labor Movement is Having a Big Moment appeared first on UpNorthNews | Wisconsin News For You.
“Many of the problems that the State of Working Wisconsin has documented for more than two decades were really exposed and exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and its impact on work,” said Laura Dresser. “The very workers that have faced the worst wage trends, faced the hardest conditions in their jobs were the workers who were …
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time interviews Laura Dresser on the new “Working Wisconsin” report, tracking the trends in wages, jobs and organization for the state’s labor force during the last year. We find out about how a turbulent economic year affected Wisconsin’s workers. Read the full article at: https://www.wpr.org/where-employment-wages-and-unions-stand-wisconsin
Unions in Wisconsin are significantly weaker than they were a decade ago and wage growth over the past quarter-century was stagnant, according to a new report from COWS, a policy institute housed at UW–Madison. Read the full article at: https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/report-unions-weaker-wages-stagnant-in-wisconsin-in-recent-years/article_df14a577-d1d0-553a-9a9e-cf190f3c9bf1.html
The data shows some surprising improvements in Wisconsin employment picture. Read the full article at: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2021/09/07/the-state-of-politics-6-ways-to-measure-state-of-workers/
In the summer of 2020, we spoke to workers in various sectors and across the state to better understand what the economy looks like for them, as well as the impact of policies (or lack thereof) at the state and federal levels. For the State of Working Wisconsin 2021, we checked back in with a few of …
When we interviewed Lisa last summer, her work in a nursing home put her at the center of the stress and fatality of the pandemic. She was working increased hours with inadequate protection and with the intense additional emotional burden of being the only contact of residents during the lockdown. Unfortunately, when we checked in …
When we interviewed Mariah last summer, she shared how stressful it was to work in healthcare, from PPE shortages to the threat of disease transmission to at-risk family members. Understaffed & Overworked In the last year, her physical and mental health concerns have compounded as a result of understaffing. She’s concerned about the impact on …
When we interviewed Troy last summer, he had been laid off from all three of his jobs, and COVID-19 was dramatically changing his kids’ lives. A lot has changed since then at home and at work for Troy. He credits his union for much of the good news. Responsibilities Skyrocket Family responsibilities skyrocketed last year, …
For three million working Wisconsinites, wages are the most important measure of the quality of their jobs. Despite the global pandemic and the restructuring of every aspect of work and life in response to it, wages continue to provide an essential lens on job quality and inequality in the state. In this section, we rely …