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Lichtenstein, Nelson – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2011
When he was still President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, now mayor-elect of Chicago, famously quipped: "Never allow a crisis to go to waste." Republican governors in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and other states have certainly taken that advice to heart. By emphasizing, and in some cases manipulating, the red ink flowing through…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Social Class, Private Sector, Collective Bargaining
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center on Wisconsin Strategy. – 2000
Noting that 182,000 of Wisconsin's children are living below the poverty line, this report documents factors affecting the working poor of Wisconsin, combining labor market and wage data with profiles of families and their children from communities throughout the state. The report documents the surge in poverty-wage jobs in Wisconsin over the past…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Parents, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics