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[…]