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A Rust Belt state that built a manufacturing legacy through assembly-line jobs will have to quickly transition to a more highly skilled workforce now that Foxconn has selected Wisconsin as the site of its coveted U.S. electronics plant.
Read More »State’s unemployment drops to 3.1 percent in May
Wisconsin's unemployment rate is at its lowest level since October 1999.
Read More »Tax credit paying off for job cutters
Wisconsin lost nearly 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2016. Adding injury to injury, the GOP is forcing workers to pay off the insiders who eliminated the jobs with 300 million hard-earned tax dollars every year.
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Read More »Panel to approve drug tests for jobs programs
The state Legislature's budget-writing committee is expected to approve requiring about 14,000 people who apply for Wisconsin Works jobs programs to be screened for drug use.
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Read More »Wisconsin adds construction jobs in April
Wisconsin was among 39 states whose construction industries added jobs between April 2016 and April this year, according to seasonally adjusted numbers.
Read More »Four metro areas gain construction jobs in March
Construction employment was up in four of Wisconsin’s metropolitan areas, unchanged in three and down in five in March.
Read More »‘Second start’ bill gets second life
A bill up for consideration in a Senate panel would let trades groups turn to state government to distribute brochures meant to help college dropouts find a “second start” in construction and other industries.
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Read More »Wisconsin adds construction jobs in January
Wisconsin was among 39 states that added construction jobs between January 2016 and January 2017.
Read More »Industry adds 58K jobs in February
A day after state officials announced that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for January was the lowest seen since 2001, industry organizations were reporting a surge in construction employment. Using seasonally adjusted federal data, the Associated General Contractors of America reported Friday ...
Read More »Construction employment reaches highest level since 2008
National construction employment reached its highest level in January since 2008, as wages in the industry pushed ever higher, according to a trade group.
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