by Associated Press | Dec 1, 2023 | EDUCATION POLITICS, LABOR POLITICS, STATE LEGISLATURE
Scott Walker’s signature attack on public education and unions has withstood past challenges. New lawsuit is based on the state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit...
by Isabel Soisson | Oct 4, 2023 | LABOR POLITICS, POLITICS
Levar Wilson Sr. knows what a union can provide. The 45-year-old Milwaukee resident has spent the past 22 years working in the skilled trades, working his way up from being a paid apprentice to a union glazier installing aluminum, glass, mirrors, doors, and handrails...
by Isabel Soisson | Sep 5, 2023 | LABOR POLITICS, POLITICS
When Lisa Goodman was in her early 40s, she only had about $10,000 saved for retirement. She’d earned a bachelor’s degree and her master’s from the UW system and had spent her professional life working various jobs: for a conservation nonprofit; in the paddlesports...
by Isabel Soisson | Aug 31, 2023 | NATIONAL POLITICS, POLITICS
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed a new rule that would make 3.6 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay. The new proposal from the US Department of Labor would require employers to pay overtime to their salaried workers who are in...
by Isabel Soisson | Jul 31, 2023 | LABOR POLITICS, POLITICS
Kilah Engelke first learned about cement masonry from her stepfather. After working for years building roads, he served as an estimator for a heavy highway company, calculating the cost of projects, and was able to get Engelke work on job sites as a way to pay for...
