SUSSEX – With President Joe Biden visiting a manufacturing plant in Michigan, FOX Business traveled to Power Test in Wisconsin to ask about the impact of some of the President’s policies on manufacturers. During Cavuto: Coast-to-Coast, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Vice President of Communications Nick Novak spoke about the negative impacts of President Biden’s proposed[…]

MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Republicans want to end the $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement, which they said Tuesday hurts businesses that are struggling to fill vacancies as customers return amid a loosening of coronavirus restrictions. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) unveiled a bill to get rid of the unemployment add-on. Wisconsin Democrats said it would be reckless[…]

WAUSAU – State lawmakers are proposing a bill to end the extra $300 a week federal unemployment benefits in Wisconsin. They believe the extra money is contributing to a worker shortage. 50 of Wisconsin’s chambers of commerce including Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), Marshfield, Mosinee and the Greater Wausau Chamber all signed a letter in[…]

MADISON – Wisconsin’s return to near pre-pandemic unemployment levels has brought with it the reemergence of one of the biggest challenges facing some of the state’s largest industries — a workforce shortage. The need for workers in multiple sectors of the economy has Republicans and the state’s largest business lobby calling on the state to[…]

MADISON – Wisconsin manufacturers say they’re having trouble finding enough workers to fill the job openings available. However, there’s disagreement about what is causing the shortage. In Baraboo, Teel Plastics’ business picked up when the pandemic hit as the manufacturers started producing swabs for COVID-19 tests. But hiring didn’t follow the same trend. “It’s pretty[…]

GREEN BAY – Concerns are growing among those in the business community over the number of open jobs and a lack of workers right now. This led the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, or WMC, to send a letter to Governor Evers Tuesday asking that he pull the state out of the federal unemployment program that[…]

WAUSAU – It’s one of the of the hardest working industries in the badger state, and workers have no ability to login from home, but manufacturing workers are with-held from the priority list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, manufacturing workers were listed in the same[…]

MADISON -The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has some manufacturing workers in the state feeling left out.On Monday, an estimated two million people in Wisconsin with high-risk medical conditions become eligible for the vaccine as part of Phase 1C. The Centers’ for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations put manufacturing workers in Phase 1B, but the State Disaster[…]

MILWAUKEE – Governor Tony Evers announced Friday, March 12, all Wisconsinites will be eligible for a vaccine May 1. While many of us will have to wait until then, the 1C vaccine group is expected to be eligible by the end of this month. DHS has now added restaurant workers to the groups eligible in 1C.[…]

MADISON – Officials with the World Dairy Expo, the largest convention and exposition in Dane County, are exploring venue options outside the Madison area for this year’s event, due to local COVID-19 restrictions. Currently, Dane County, which has been home to the event for more than 50 years, remains the planned host for the expo.[…]