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There is “Real Wisconsin Cheese” and there is cheese in a can. In the same way, there are real labor statistics and there are fake labor statistics. On Wednesday, Reggie Newsen, the Secretary of the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), created a smokescreen with a set of job numbers that showed modest job growth...
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Department of Workforce Development(DWD) Secretary Reggie Newson today attempted to rebut an earlier press release from State Rep. Peter Barca. Barca’s statement is linked to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing definitively that Wisconsin lost more jobs last year (12,500) than any other state in the nation. It’s not really...
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Governor Scott Walker has frequently boasted about 13,500 private sector jobs created in Wisconsin in 2011. Newly revised and more reliable figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS) indicate that the state actually lost 9,700 private sector jobs last year. In the middle of a job losing streak that stretched to six consecutive...
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The Wausau Daily Herald is reporting that Wausau Paper will be closing a paper mill in Brokaw, Wisconsin by March 31st of next year. About 450 employees will lose their jobs. The paper quoted Dave Eckmann, the economic development director for the Marathon County Development Corporation: The closure is expected to ripple throughout the...
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I reported last week that the state of Wisconsin lost 9,700 jobs in the month of October, based on figures released by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD). The Secretary of the DWD placed the blame for the losses on challenges in the national and global economies. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Wausau Mayor Jim Tipple and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker were on hand in Wausau Monday morning as the CEO of Collaborative Consulting, Bill Robichaud, announced plans for his company to locate 200 new jobs in Wausau over the next two years. Collaborative Consulting is based in Massachusetts and their CEO made the announcement after...
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Poking around the web, I found some projections authored in August 2010 by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Office of Economic Advisors (OEA). Their best guess is that Wisconsin will experience a net loss of 10% of all manufacturing jobs between 2008 and 2018. This is on top of the thousands of...
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I was late to learn about 19 people arrested in Milwaukee when they tried to get an audience with Senator Ron Johnson to learn why he’d voted “No” on President Obama’s American Jobs Act. But maybe I am early to learn about the next step? There’s the hope of a meeting with Ron Johnson...
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Who does Fox and Friends’ Gretchen Carlson turn to to help her understand the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Movement? Specifically, the entry of unions in the mix? None other than Wisconsin Governor Scott “Recall” Walker. No surprise he’s still on his message that every single story is about private enterprise vs. “Big Government”....
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Obama will deliver a jobs speech tomorrow from a rundown bridge in Ohio while people rally in support of him in Milwaukee. Meanwhile Walker will just lie in LaCrosse. According to the La Crosse County Democratic Party, “Scott Walker will be at Main Street Ingredients tomorrow the 22nd at 12:45pm to promote his failed...
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I saw two things about President Obama I found intriguing today and I practically thought, “Oh! That’s right. He’s the President!” The chip on my shoulder is showing. I did think that 180,000 people marching in the streets would’ve caught more than a passing glance from our President. Even with my deflated cheesy heart,...
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While Governor Walker was trying to convince Bass Pro Shops that it’s honorable to pave a wetland in Green Bay and build on it, jobs slipped just over the border to Illinois. Or rather, an announcement was made this week about jobs Illinois will gain after 15 months of planning between the City of...
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