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Cree Lighting lays off 28 more workers as plant closes
Cree Lighting has laid off 28 additional workers at its Racine plant, totaling 200 job cuts amid a plant closure and ongoing lawsuits over layoffs.
Two senators call for US tariff probe into construction and farm equipment
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin was one of two senators who urged a national security investigation into the import of construction equipment made in Mexico by companies such as Deere & Co., Caterpillar and CNH Industrial.
Former employees sue Racine lighting company
Cree Lighting faces class-action lawsuits after laying off 172 Racine workers, alleging violations of WARN Act notice requirements and lost wages claims.
Manufacturer TJ Hale Co. closes in Menomonee Falls
A Menomonee Falls-based manufacturer closed abruptly on Feb. 5, leaving more than 60 workers without jobs, local outlets reported.
Wausau Equipment will close its New Berlin location
Wausau Equipment will close its doors in New Berlin in December, announcing 67 positions laid off.
The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week remains at the highest level in 8 months
U.S. filings for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, remaining at the higher end of recent ranges as uncertainty over the impact of trade wars lingers.
Number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rises to 242,000, highest level in 3 months
Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose to a three-month high last week but remained within the same healthy range of the past three years.
Wis. nuclear plant layoffs to start May 31
Layoffs from the shutdown of the Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin are scheduled to start at the end of May.
Lands’ End to lay off 30 in Wisconsin, 30 overseas (9:37 p.m. 1/21/10)
DODGEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Lands’ End plans to lay off 60 workers. According to the Dodgeville-based company, 30 employees will be laid off in Dodgeville, and another 30 will be […]
Harley to keep Pa. plant open after contract deal (9:14 a.m. 12/3/09)
YORK, Pa. (AP) — Harley-Davidson will no longer pursue a plan to move some operations to Kentucky after workers at its central Pennsylvania plant agreed to a new seven-year contract. […]
New jobless claims fall unexpectedly to 457K (8:07 a.m. 12/3/09)
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The tally of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week, a hopeful sign that […]
Utility company cites home building decline as reason for layoffs
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin utility says layoffs and furloughs are in the future as it deals with a decline in power usage — primarily in the commercial […]
Today’s News
- Worker files NLRB complaint against Wisconsin painters union
- Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program
- Sheboygan TID proposal targets public incentives of $5M or more
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- State warns of workers’ compensation scam targeting victims
- Washington County housing initiative brings back young homeowners
- South Milwaukee apartment project canceled after financing shortfall
- Governor candidate supports moratorium for future data centers
- Wausau Equipment facility changes hands in New Berlin
- Wisconsin Laborers union backs Crowley in governor’s race
- Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of governor’s race
- Home construction planned for former Manitowoc mall site
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)