A young mother of three shared a story of leaving her job as a stripper to seek respectable employment — only to find she’d be trading a family-supporting income for a non-living wage. A young man recounted, through an interpreter, how he left Mexico to make a home in Milwaukee and is overwhelmed by the […]
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Posted inNeighborhood News
Addressing a Crisis: “W-3” Jobs Campaign Prepares for May 10 Meeting with Officials
More than 50 central city job seekers came together for a March 29 meeting at the Esperanza Unida International Building, 611 W. National, to talk about their need for family-supporting jobs and plans for a scheduled May l0 meeting with public officials.
Posted inFurther Down Stream
April 2003
Walker tries to stymie anti-freeway expansion initiatives of city residents – State budget cuts kill Riverwest plan to clean contaminated soil at Garden Park – Greening Milwaukee FREE CD-ROM to be released soon – County drives W-2 food stamp case workers onto the streets – Aldermanic Council to be reduced – Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods coalition aims to influence downtown development – SAGE receives $2,500 grant
Posted inFurther Down Stream
February 2003
Local union dispute – COA receives anti-drug grant – Murgia named influential LGBT Latina – Colon to run for mayor – Help local food pantries – Winter parking rules enforced – Register bikes online for free – District 5 crime reduction meeting report – Ald. Johnson-Odom sponsors ordinance requiring local businesses to acquire annual licenses or one-time permits from the city to host “shows or exhibitions.” – WWMLKJD? Feingold and Norquist support affirmative action but blast war, suburban sprawl at YMCA breakfast.
Posted inBusiness Briefs
November 2002
Closet Classics vs. City Hall, Chapter 3. Riverwest Co-op First Anniversay. Columbia St. Mary’s Clinic at Jewel Osco Building. Jobs with Justice and United Food and Commercial Workers to Demonstrate Against Walmart on 11/21.
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