By Nyesha Stone Milwaukee used to be an industrial city that provided family wages to the Black community, when our family members migrated here from the South. People came here for a better … [Read more...]
Transitional Jobs Program Information Session Jan 14
Common Council approves Milwaukee Jobs Act initiative
The Common Council this week approved creation of the Milwaukee Jobs Act -Transitional Jobs Program – a multifaceted effort to create employment opportunities for city young people and job seekers … [Read more...]
Poverty is violence, a look into the Black unemployment surge
By Lynda L. Jones Over this recent Labor Day weekend, unemployment news was beyond dismal for the Black population especially. The August jobs report shows that Black unemployment is the … [Read more...]
DCF Secretary announces thousands in Milwaukee building skills and gaining jobs through the Transitional Jobs Program
The Department of Children and Families Secretary Eloise Anderson announced this week that the transitional jobs program will help provide 4,000 individuals with an immediate income, an opportunity to … [Read more...]
Jobs program earns legislative approval
A program that is matching low-income job seekers with businesses appears to have gained the support needed in Madison to continue. The future of the Transitional Jobs Program was up in the air … [Read more...]
Legislature approves Coggs’ progressive agenda
“Accomplished with the support of people across the state,” Coggs says Sen. Spencer Coggs’ Progressive legislative agenda of educating children, protecting toddlers in day care centers, bolstering … [Read more...]
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Here’s the Formula. What’s the Solution?
November 2009 Column By Don Sykes, President/CEO of Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board www.milwaukeewib.org Let’s start with what we already know: Like many other major cities, Milwaukee … [Read more...]