New Milwaukee Commerce focuses on MMAC/M7 talent initiatives
It will likely come as no surprise to you that companies across a wide range of industries are struggling to find enough workers with the right skill set to fill open positions. In many respects, this is the most significant challenge facing our region’s businesses today. The new issue of Milwaukee Commerce magazine focuses on the role that MMAC and the Milwaukee 7 Economic Development Partnership play in developing the Milwaukee Region’s workforce and helping our companies solve their talent needs.
As MMAC President Tim Sheehy writes, “If your business is wrestling with talent-related issues, rest assured that you’re in good company. I encourage you to connect with our experts and engage in our programs.” >>Read full article
>>Working to make MKE a destination career hub for manufacturing
by Babatu Short, HellermannTyton North America
>>Making brakes, breaking the mold
- How Hayes brings women into manufacturing
by Chris Jenkins, MMAC Communications
>>Supercomputer fuels new computational
science hall at MSOE
by John Walz, Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
Most Milwaukee area economic indicators declined in August
Metro Milwaukee’s economic trend continues on a sluggish path as less than half of the monthly indicators tracked by the MMAC pointed upward in August. Nine of 23 indictors pointed upward in August, marking the sixth time in the past nine months that positive trending indicators accounted for less than half of the total.
“August’s trend can largely be attributed to two main patterns,” said
Bret Mayborne, the MMAC’s economic research director. “Job gains across major industry sectors were increasingly uneven and manufacturing and production indicators posted continuing year over-year declines.”
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Get Involved in Moving Milwaukee Forward
In the weeks since the announcement of MMAC’s legislative effort to create new a local funding source to reduce property taxes and address the ease the budget constraints on communities in Milwaukee County, many of our members have reached out and asked how they can be involved in this effort. To that end, we have created a website
www.moveforwardmke.com with information on the proposal and way to get more involved in advocating for it. We urge you to go to the site and use the information there to contact your own state and local officials and urge their support for this critical financial reform.
Advice for contacting your legislator:
Calling a legislator is the most impactful.When calling an elected official, ask to speak to them directly. Call Tuesday-Thursday when they are most likely to be in their office. When calling, introduce yourself with your first and last name, title, and organization. Ask for a call back if the elected official is not available.
You can send a letter or email to an elected official.
Always ask the legislator to support and vote for the legislation.
Send a statement of support. In 100 words or so, tell us what a new revenue source would mean to you or why the question should be put to voters. View examples at moveforwardmke.com/endorsements
For another perspective on this issue, please consider
the following message from Wisconsin Policy Forum President Rob Henken, who writes, “Almost as significant, however, is the remarkable level of collaboration between legislative and executive leaders of our region’s two largest local governments, and between those leaders and the region’s business community. Regardless of one’s views on this specific proposal, all county residents should be encouraged to see the region’s political and business leadership work this collaboratively toward a common goal.”
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