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Who Gets Construction Jobs and Where? Employment of African Americans, Hispanics and Total Minorities in the Construction Industry and Construction Trades in the Milwaukee MSA
(2006-01-01)
This report uses three decades of U.S. Census data to assess employment patterns by race/ethnicity in the construction sector and construction trades in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, and the four-county Milwaukee ...
Drilldown on Ex-Offender Populations in Milwaukee County
(2009-01-01)
Since 2002, each year 7,500-8,000 Milwaukee County residents are admitted into Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities, and 7,500-8,000 individuals are released from the DOC into neighborhoods in the county. The ...
Research Brief on ETI Studies of African American and Latino Access to Jobs
(2016-01-01)
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute conducted research studies from 1994-2014 on access of African Americans and Latinos to equal employment opportunities for the City of Milwaukee, ...
The Employment Status of Young Adult Black Males Residing in Poverty Households: Recent Milwaukee County Experience
(1992-01-01)
Harold Rose, UWM professor of Geography and Urban Studies, examined the findings of the Employment and Training Institute analysis of employment held by 8,479 young African American males from Wisconsin families seeking ...
The Labor Market Experience of Young African American Men from Low-Income Households
(1992-01-01)
The target population for this study is 5,800 young African American males living in households where one or more members applied for public assistance. Their employment records are tracked for 39 months. The critical ...
Ex-Offender Populations in Milwaukee County
(2009-01-01)
Released prisoners are among the most difficult labor force populations to serve and least likely to be successfully engaged in sustained employment due to persistent legal problems, low education attainment levels, high ...
Milwaukee Drilldown on African American Males
(2009-01-01)
The American Community Survey reported an estimated 48,420 African American males in the labor force from Milwaukee County in 2008. Of these, 40,482 (or 83.6%) were employed and 7,938 were unemployed and seeking for work. ...
Analysis of Affirmative Action Plans Adopted by Milwaukee Area Joint Apprenticeship Committees
(2010-01-01)
In 2006 and 2010, the state Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards provided copies of the affirmative action plans adopted by Milwaukee area local joint apprenticeship committees (JACs) in response to an open records law request ...
Report Card on Minority and Female Participation in Construction Trade Apprentices in the Milwaukee Area: Who's in the Pipeline for Skilled Construction Trades
(2006-01-01)
This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices in the construction trades in the Milwaukee metro area from 1999 to 2005. The data has been supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development ...
Barriers to Employment: Prison Time
(2007-01-01)
This paper was prepared at the request of Legal Action of Wisconsin and the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County to assess the legal and employment needs of prisoners released from Wisconsin correctional facilities. ...