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.
COWS in the News
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.
Coming 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 …
Employment, Unemployment Creep Up In WI As More People Seek Work – The Milwaukee Patch
As vaccination rates increase, Laura Dresser said, more people may enter the labor market in the coming months. But that will probably be gradual because of challenges like lost child care access and the realization …
Employment, unemployment creep up in Wisconsin as more people seek work – Wisconsin Examiner
“Unemployment grew because more people came into the labor market than were taken out of it by work,” said Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, a research and policy organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
Workforce shortage challenges reemerge as Wisconsin businesses dig out of the pandemic
Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, 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 exposed and exacerbated every …