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Wisconsin Workers in 2021

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

September 3, 2021

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Laura Dresser, a labor economist and Associate Director of COWS at UW-Madison, explains its 2021 State of Working Wisconsin report and how jobs and wagers are changing for workers.

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