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Wages, child care and more: Why the labor market isn’t growing
“These jobs aren’t the same jobs they were a year ago, and our lives aren’t the same lives that they were a year ago,” says Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS at the University of …
June 8, 2021Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant
“This is a moment when workers have leverage right now,” said Laura Dresser, a labor economist at COWS, a liberal think tank at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
June 4, 2021Coming out of pandemic, Wisconsin workforce shortages remain – The Daily Reporter
Laura Dresser, associate director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a UW-Madison liberal think tank, agreed, adding that limited access to child care has kept many individuals, largely women, from returning to work. “The pandemic …
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