Education & Workforce Development

On March 29, 2013, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed open records requests with the City of Milwaukee in an attempt to find out what, if anything, the City and Milwaukee Public Schools are doing about the appalling problem of the many unused school buildings that have sat idle for years.

UAW Local 469 members at Master Lock held an informational picket near the company's plant in Milwaukee on Friday to protest the company's current contract offer. The action is not a strike and the union encouraged members to continue working.

Wisconsin has the highest black male incarceration rate in the country, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based non-profit young professional network NEWaukee is in the midst of its second annual Young Professional Week. On Sunday, Zappos.com CEO Tony Hseih will be the event’s headline speaker at a sold out brunch event at the Hilton Hotel.

A few prevalent concerns for businesses in the Milwaukee area have been addressing a skills gap, bridging a generation gap and working to combat the area's “brain drain.”

Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 7.2 percent in February from 7.0 percent in January, according to the latest report from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

The Wisconsin Safety Council and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced 18 companies will receive the 2012 Corporate Safety Award, and two individuals will be honored April 23-24 at the 71st annual Wisconsin Safety & Health Conference and Exposition.

Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup advised companies that are quickly expanding in growth hot spots to prioritize hiring workers with knowledge and skills demanded across industries, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the overall national March jobless rate was 7.6 percent, down from 7.7 percent in February.

There was a time when a high school diploma was the ticket to many family-sustaining careers, allowing access to more than 70 percent of all jobs in 1973, according to Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce.

With a potential 700,000 to 1 million Wisconsin residents sitting on partial college credit, the University of Wisconsin System is stepping outside traditional education models to help working adults and older students complete degrees and more importantly develop skills needed by today's workforce.