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Waukesha Foundry has implemented a new “Pay for Skill” policy as part of a three-year contract agreement with United Steelworkers Local 4845.

The University of Wisconsin System was a bit late to the digital education party, but at least it's not a no-show.

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a decision regarding voter eligibility in the upcoming vote on whether to unionize Palermo’s Pizza.

Southeastern Wisconsin business executives are more optimistic about the direction of their companies in the second half of the year than they were when the year began, according to the latest BizTimes Business Dashboard Survey.

Have you noticed more earwigs in and around your home or business property? Clients of Batzner Pest Management have, as the number of calls and complaints for earwigs have nearly doubled since last year.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced today that wages were up 6.7 percent in the first quarter in Wisconsin.

Sweet Water, the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, and Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network have teamed up to launch Respect Our Waters, a multi-year marketing initiative to educate area residents on actions they can take to improve rivers and the lake in the region.

The U.S. economy created just 80,000 jobs in June as hiring slowed dramatically in the second quarter, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said today.

The Oak Creek Common Council on Tuesday approved a contract for design of a project to construct a new street to connect Fifth Avenue with Highway 100.

Private-sector payrolls in the United States picked up in June, suggesting that unemployment may have declined, according to a report released today by payrolls-processor Automatic Data Processing Inc.