Tag: jobs

President Donald Trump met with two dozen CEOs of American manufacturing companies earlier this week. The topics were supposed to include restoring factory jobs that have been lost to foreign competition (let’s ignore the fact that most of those manufacturer’s are doing their manufacturing overseas). But they probably surprised him…

During the campaign, the self proclaimed billionaire was touting his charitable contributions via the Trump Foundation. But one of the major papers, I think the Wash. Post, discovered that Donald Trump hadn’t contributed to the foundation in years…and the charitable activities he was bragging about were being done with other…

During the campaign, one of the continuing narratives (and continuing today) was the lack of jobs for blue collar workers. Some of the election coverage around Wisconsin talked about lack of blue collar workers in the smaller cites, places like Wausau, where the population no longer supports the needs of…

I am sorry for your loss…your gasoline station at Sherman Blvd and Burleigh in Milwaukee is apparently a total loss. But here’s what you should do next: I don’t know if the station operator was a lessee or franchisee…but whoever gets the insurance money…take it and throw down a few…

One of the keystones of Donald Trump’s stump speech is how he is going to bring back jobs by being a tough negotiator on trade deals, enacting stiff tariffs on imported goods, and threatening American companies with sanctions if they move jobs out of the country. But those jobs aren’t…

I have seen any number of suggestions around the internet about the state party platform for the Dems in the Fall 2016 local elections. Most of them focus on the big ideas that are the big ideologies of the party. But Wisconsin has elected Governor Scott Walker three times and…

From our exploding email inbox: America Works and Representative David Bowen Host One of the Largest Employment Events of the Year Event to Draw More than 100 Transportation Industry Employers and Thousands of Job Seekers America Works, a national workforce development company, and Representative David Bowen along with more than…

Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured an article in their business section about the manufacturing center being developed at Arrowhead High School out in Waukesha County. This is something that I’ve advocated for sometime…business leaders getting out of their corner offices and working with educators to provide the education necessary for…

A number of GOP presidential hopefuls including Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker want to halt or decrease LEGAL immigration because it is taking solid blue collar jobs away from Americans! No really…how could I make this stuff up! Republican 2016 presidential hopefuls Scott Walker and Rick Santorum are suggesting a potentially…

This morning I posted a bit on the ruling from the Nebraska Supreme Court that gives the Canadian oil company the right to seize American assets to complete the Keystone XL pipeline. But there are a few other nuggets to be mined from the original article as well. Let’s see…