Browsing: Work

The fight over right-to-work has lots of subplots – but a big one involves the role some unions play in training workers.

Even Democrats favor a right-to-work law that would end compulsory union dues from unwilling workers Back in the 1990s, Tiffany…

In a January article comparing the economic status of the black community in 52 of the nation’s  largest metropolitan areas, policy expert Joel Kotkin ranked Atlanta and Washington, D.C., among cities with the most prosperous black populations and ranked Milwaukee dead last.

Analysis shows the economic benefits of a right-to-work law.

BY MIKE NICHOLS | Dec. 15, 2014 Many years ago, after taking a job as a young reporter at the old…

Who’s really listening to all the talk about jobs in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin news media are focused on the “sluggish” statewide, private-sector job growth numbers that are a little more than half…

Several years ago while sitting at my desk I received a curious phone call from a Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreporter working on a story about convicted felons working as lobbyists in Madison. 

I recall a conversation I had with a teacher five years ago.  At the time, she was teaching in a suburban Milwaukee school and she clearly missed what had been her passion, teaching in the Milwaukee central city.

Kurt Bauer grew up in Beloit and vividly remembers the first time he set foot inside the Ingersoll Milling Machine…

Gov. Walker is in the national vanguard fighting to reverse destructive union gains. By Fred Siegel Fred Siegel is a…

We’re witnessing the last gasp of public sector unionism By Stephen F. Hayes On Feb. 6, 2011, the Green Bay…

Public workers represent the state’s best traditions By John Nichols I was born and raised in Wisconsin. So were my…

Immigrants like Peter Boscha and Yash Wadhwa understand that competition is the secret to American success Here is one of…

By now, the political lore is familiar: A major political party, cast aside by Wisconsin voters due to a lengthy…

The stereotype of the typical union member is time-tested. Union Man is a pot-bellied factory worker or tradesman making a…

Education and training under Wisconsin Works

Wisconsin’s regional economies, 1999-2003

When then Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson introduced the Wisconsin Works (W-2) proposal in November of 1994, he cited this principle…

The 1990s were growth years for the United States and for Wisconsin. The Wisconsin economy added 461,748 jobs, growing by a remarkable 21 percent over the 1991-1999 period, far surpassing the U.S. growth rate of 13 percent. Unfortunately for some, growth was not uniform across all areas of the state. Employment in Brown County (Green