PBS Wisconsin’s Here and Now host Fredericka Freyberg interviewed Laura Dresser on Friday, July 30, 2021.
COWS in the News
What’s The True Impact Of Enhanced Federal Unemployment Aid? A Labor Economist Weighs In
While the debate over enhanced federal unemployment aid in Wisconsin has been settled for now, the broader, national discussion on the issue continues. At least 26 states have cut their ties with the program. Business …
Still fighting for $15
The one in three workers who would be helped by an increase aren’t the stereotypical teenager for whom a minimum wage job is a short-term source of extra income, according to Laura Dresser, a UW …
Sen. Melissa Agard: The case for raising the minimum wage – COWS study cited
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour would have tangible, positive effects on our state’s economy. With more money in the pockets of low-wage workers, we would see a boost in economic activity as …
Some Eau Claire Bars And Restaurants Raising Wages, Eliminating Tips
A group of bars and restaurants in Eau Claire are raising their minimum wage to $16 per hour and getting rid of tips. Laura Dresser is interviewed on WPR’s Central Time.
Will California Investment in New Job Training Programs Pay Off? – Lost Coast Outpost
Though growing in popularity as a part of state policy and spending, “High Road” is not a new idea. It started out as a concept discussed in academic and advocacy circles; in 1990, University of …
Raise the Wage Act Would Increase Pay for 2/3 of Child Care Workers in Wisconsin
June 18, 2021 From COWS and Kids Forward Background The Economic Policy Institute recently released a report showing that the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 would raise wages for more than a half-million child …
Wisconsin’s Democrats Make New Play To Increase Minimum Wage – WORT/89.9 FM
On Thursday, June 17, 2021, Laura Dresser spoke at the Minimum Wage Bill Press Conference in Madison, WI. A 2019 poll by Marquette University found that 55% percent of Wisconsinites support raising the minimum wage, …
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 …
Labor 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.