In time for Labor Day, our annual State of Working Wisconsin report will be released as a four-part series next week: Jobs: Tuesday, 8/31 Unions: Wednesday, 9/1 Wages: Thursday, 9/2 Worker Experiences: Friday, 9/3 For …
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Raise the Wage Act for Child Care Workers Press Release
Contacts Laura Dresser, COWS Associate Director (ldresser@cows.org, 608-695-9065) or Daithi Wolfe, Kids Forward Senior Early Education Analyst (dwolfe@kidsforward.org 608-513-5246) For immediate release $15 by 2025 would Raise Wages for 2/3 of Wisconsin’s Child Care …
EPIC Approach to Sustainability, Climate Resilience, and Adaptation to Expand Across Asia
May 25-27, 2021 Representatives from 32 Asian city and university partnerships will participate in a pioneering initiative that matches real-world challenges in cities with local university departments and students. The upcoming virtual EPIC-Asia Workshop event …
COWS Releases New Factsheet on $15 by 2025
This week, COWS released a new report about the impact of raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
State of Working Wisconsin 2020 Now LIVE
Contact: Laura Dresser, Associate Director, ldresser@cows.org, 608-695-9065 Today, COWS launched the State of Working Wisconsin 2020, which tracks the ongoing economic indicators of the COVID-19 crisis in the state. In just a few months, COVID-19 …
COWS releases the State of Working Wisconsin 2019: Facts & Figures
This Labor Day, with the memory of the Great Recession of 2007 now fading from memory, workers across Wisconsin have this good news to celebrate. The unemployment rate in the state has been consistently low. …
Reducing Wisconsin's energy deficit critical to economic success
[MADISON, WI] The state of Wisconsin currently has one of the biggest energy production deficits of any state in the nation; $14.4 billion left the state in 2016 to pay for imported energy. A new …
Income and Benefits from Jobs Not Enough for Wisconsin Families to Thrive
Madison, WI— In Wisconsin, policy makers seem to increasingly assume that work, and work alone, can provide a decent standard of living. However, working families continue to face a slew of challenges – low wages, inadequate …
Wisconsin's Extreme Racial Disparity
Madison, WI— Today, COWS released Wisconsin’s Extreme Racial Disparity 2017. The report shines a light on the fact that racial disparity in Wisconsin is, indeed, extreme. Wisconsin is among the worst of states considering disparity between …
COWS Releases the State of Working Wisconsin 2016 for Labor Day
In The State of Working Wisconsin 2016, COWS finds that the long shadow of the Great Recession is finally lifting in Wisconsin. The state has more jobs than ever before, unemployment rates have fallen to …