web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:43:17 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Unemployment” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/unemployment Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0400 The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! en-us episodic From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! no Wisconsin, news, investigative Wisconsin Watch info@wisconsinwatch.org Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union South. Will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin? https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/oshkosh-defense-sent-a-big-contract-to-the-non-union-south-will-it-keep-future-jobs-in-wisconsin f6bf7f91-9824-4b05-b840-cd9af41aa971 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Despite tens of millions in state and local government incentives, the Wisconsin company is steering billions of dollars of work away from its namesake city. 29:48 no Wisconsin Watch reporter Jacob Resneck found that local governments and the state of Wisconsin have poured more than $70 million in taxpayer subsidies into Oshkosh Corp. and its defense subsidiary in recent years. Despite that, the company has sent more than 1,000 jobs south, where workers earn a fraction of what union laborers in Oshkosh’s Wisconsin plants earn. Reporting by Jacob Resneck. Originally published on August 6, 2022. Wisconsin, oshkosh defense, jobs, union jobs, unemployment Wisconsin Watch reporter Jacob Resneck found that local governments and the state of Wisconsin have poured more than $70 million in taxpayer subsidies into Oshkosh Corp. and its defense subsidiary in recent years. Despite that, the company has sent more than 1,000 jobs south, where workers earn a fraction of what union laborers in Oshkosh’s Wisconsin plants earn. Reporting by Jacob Resneck. Originally published on August 6, 2022.

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]]> Wisconsin Watch reporter Jacob Resneck found that local governments and the state of Wisconsin have poured more than $70 million in taxpayer subsidies into Oshkosh Corp. and its defense subsidiary in recent years. Despite that, the company has sent more than 1,000 jobs south, where workers earn a fraction of what union laborers in Oshkosh’s Wisconsin plants earn. Reporting by Jacob Resneck. Originally published on August 6, 2022.

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]]> ‘I got nothing left’: Wisconsin’s jobless pushed to brink as ideas swirl for mending torn safety net https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/i got nothing left 224e0239-2877-4480-a024-c76284f3becf Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Upgrading outdated technology could help. So could making claims more user-friendly and overcoming partisan paralysis. 22:21 no Some Wisconsinites have been waiting for unemployment aid from the Department of Workforce Development for months. Workers at the department have to use outdated technology, like a 60-year-old computing program, to process a record number of claims this past year. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature have also spent months blaming each other for the agency’s shortcomings as they stalemate in addressing many of Wisconsin’s challenges. Reporting by Bram Sable-Smith. Originally published February 18, 2021. Wisconsin, unemployment, COVID-19, unemployment aid Some Wisconsinites have been waiting for unemployment aid from the Department of Workforce Development for months. Workers at the department have to use outdated technology, like a 60-year-old computing program, to process a record number of claims this past year. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature have also spent months blaming each other for the agency’s shortcomings as they stalemate in addressing many of Wisconsin’s challenges.

Reporting by Bram Sable-Smith. Originally published February 18, 2021.

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]]> Some Wisconsinites have been waiting for unemployment aid from the Department of Workforce Development for months. Workers at the department have to use outdated technology, like a 60-year-old computing program, to process a record number of claims this past year. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature have also spent months blaming each other for the agency’s shortcomings as they stalemate in addressing many of Wisconsin’s challenges.

Reporting by Bram Sable-Smith. Originally published February 18, 2021.

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]]> Thousands await jobless aid as Wisconsin leaders blame each other for failure https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/covid19-unemployment-thousands-waiting 4832bb67-9d78-40d1-954c-73c1fa79395c Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin’s unemployment system buckled during the pandemic. State leaders are moving slowly to address a crisis years in the making. 23:01 no The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major backlogs in Wisconsin's unemployment system. Families are still waiting on the Department of Workforce Development to process jobless claims filed last spring, with many missing bill payments, racking up credit card debt, facing eviction or worse. DWD officials say that they have processed more claims in the last eight months than they had in the last four years. Hurdles like outdated computer systems and understaffed call centers are slowing the process even more. Reporting by Bram Sable-Smith in parternship with Marty Hobe of TMJ4 News. Originally published on Nov. 17, 2020. Wisconsin, unemployment, jobless aid, government, technology, labor, covid-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major backlogs in Wisconsin's unemployment system. Families are still waiting on the Department of Workforce Development to process jobless claims filed last spring, with many missing bill payments, racking up credit card debt, facing eviction or worse. DWD officials say that they have processed more claims in the last eight months than they had in the last four years. Hurdles like outdated computer systems and understaffed call centers are slowing the process even more.

Reporting by Bram Sable-Smith in parternship with Marty Hobe of TMJ4 News. Originally published on Nov. 17, 2020.

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]]> The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major backlogs in Wisconsin's unemployment system. Families are still waiting on the Department of Workforce Development to process jobless claims filed last spring, with many missing bill payments, racking up credit card debt, facing eviction or worse. DWD officials say that they have processed more claims in the last eight months than they had in the last four years. Hurdles like outdated computer systems and understaffed call centers are slowing the process even more.

Reporting by Bram Sable-Smith in parternship with Marty Hobe of TMJ4 News. Originally published on Nov. 17, 2020.

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