As we approach the ten-year anniversary of the passage of Act 10, we spend the hour with journalist Dan Kaufman to reflect on the history and legacies of Act 10 and what it’s meant for labor in Wisconsin. Dan Kaufman is a Brooklyn-based journalist who was educated in Madison public schools. His articles have appeared in […]
Open Line: Reflecting on Ten Years of Act 10
This month marks the ten-year anniversary of former governor Scott Walker’s introduction of the bill now known as Act 10—a piece of legislation ostensibly meant to repair the state budget but that ultimately stripped away union rights for public employees. There was a massive uprising in response, with an estimated 100,000 people or more attending […]
The Latest on Foxconn in Wisconsin
Last week, Josh Dzieza at The Verge broke the story that Foxconn received a permit to use its new Wisconsin facility for storage—not the massive job-creating LCD factory that was promised at the project’s outset. In light of this news, today we revisit the history of Foxconn in Wisconsin and discuss the latest developments—and what […]
Foxconn deal failing to live up to expectations
The Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin, near Kenosha has been a wild ride for Wisconsin the last three years: then-Governor Scott Walker signed the deal in 2017 with the Taiwan-based manufacturing company to construct a new facility. Walker used the deal to promote his ability as a jobs creator. Though he then lost the […]
A three billion dollar web of deception: Inside FoxConn’s Mount ...
In 2017, then-Governor Scott Walker signed a deal with the Taiwan-based manufacturing company Foxconn to construct a new manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant. The deal included three billion dollars in incentives spread across fifteen years, and was used as an election talking point for Walker during his reelection run. It’s also been used as a […]
Lawrence Tabak digs deep into Foxconn
Some of the best and most damning journalism on Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar, taxpayer-funded deal with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has come from Lawrence Tabak, a freelance writer based in Madison. In a series of deep-digging stories for Belt Magazine and other outlets, Tabak has detailed the unjust use of property seizures and eminent domain to clear […]
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