workforce development

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits a job training center and the Milwaukee chamber of commerce.

The companies say the Inflation Reduction Act and other laws will bring a need for worker upskilling.

Kimberly Kane of Kane Communications talks about the reality working women face in Wisconsin as well as the expectations placed upon working parents.

A proposed tax incremental financing package may be part of a plan to bring Northwestern Mutual workers from Franklin to downtown Milwaukee.

The Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee recently received a $350,000 multi-year gift from Bader Philanthropies. Francesca Mayca Wegner, executive director of HPGM, details the organization's goals and strategies to advance Hispanics and Latinos across diverse professional fields.

On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Milwaukee and spoke with residents on the front lines of lead contamination.

Employees of Milwaukee-based Colectivo Coffee are still waiting for Colectivo management to bargain with them, following the employees’ vote to unionize last August.

New research reveals that half of working women in Wisconsin are considering leaving their current jobs since the pandemic began — that’s 25 percent higher than the national average. The number is even higher for women working in retail, food service and hospitality industries.

A Milwaukee-based coffee company could be the largest such chain in the country to unionize, after employees recently voted to form a union. This comes as Starbucks employees in one New York town have announced their own union efforts. The Milwaukee café hopes other service workers keep the trend going.

Gov. Tony Evers has been making a series of stops around the state, focusing on topics that were part of his campaign. Monday he was in Milwaukee, where…