Scapegoating Unemployed is Tired Political Trope Here's What Works to Fix Labor Shortages

As many of you are probably aware there has been a number of changes proposed by state republicans to "fix" labor shortages in Wisconsin. Read an article from former Local 212 president Michael Rosen and Charlie Dee that explains why these proposals have the wrong ideas.

"Wisconsin's labor shortage is not the result of lazy people gaming the unemployment system. Yet that's the excuse Republican lawmakers used to pass, without a single Democratic vote, a series of bills intended to punish the mythical lazy workers, most notably by cutting unemployment insurance benefits to as few as 14 weeks and making it more difficult for those out of work to qualify for them."

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