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December 21, 2005

• November Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

December 15, 2005

• November Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

December 1, 2005

• State to Survey the State’s 73,000 RNs
• Secretary to Address West Central Workforce Development Board, Highlight Grow Wisconsin Success

November 23, 2005

• October Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Rose Lynch, DWD Communications Director

November 22, 2005

Additional funding to assist dislocated workers announced

• Fox Valley Workforce Development Board
• North Central Workforce Development Board
• Workforce Resources, Inc. (West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Area)
• Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington (WOW) Workforce Development Board
• South Central Workforce Development Board
• Workforce Connections, Inc. (Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Area)

November 20, 2005

• October Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

November 15, 2005

• Dislocated Workers to Receive Assistance

November 9, 2005

• DWD Creates Preferred Provider Registry to Help W-2 Participants Access Specialized Services (PDF)

November 7, 2005

• Secretary Gassman to Highlight Grow Wisconsin 2005 Agenda in Address to Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce

October 26, 2005

• September Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Rose Lynch, DWD Communications Director

October 20, 2005

• September Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

October 18, 2005

• Secretary to Address Fox Valley Healthcare Alliance on Healthcare Worker Shortage (Oshkosh)
• Secretary to Address Women & Poverty Conference, Note Progress, List Remaining Challenges (Green Bay)
• Secretary to Address Women & Poverty Conference, Note Progress, List Remaining Challenges (Appleton)

October 11, 2005

• Secretary to Address Business – Education Leadership Summit in Mosinee
• Dislocated Workers to Receive Assistance

October 6, 2005

• Wisconsin Receives $6.4 Million in Federal Performance Bonus Funds for "Welfare to Work" Program
• Labor Agency Issues Special Grant to Assist Dislocated Workers

October 5, 2005

• October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October 4, 2005

• State Selected to Receive Federal Funding for Reimbursement of Expenses from Hurricane Relief Efforts
• State Agency Receives $3.3 million for Assistance for Dislocated Worker Services

October 3, 2005

• State Agency Receives $1 million for Unemployment Insurance Security and other System Improvements
• Governor Doyle Announces $500,000 Grant for Refugee Resettlement

September 30, 2005

• State Receives Grant to Aid Child Support Collection

September 22, 2005

• Secretary Gassman to Address Conference on Early Childhood Education

September 21, 2005

• August Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

September 15, 2005

• August Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

September 13, 2005

• Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Annual Report Released

September 9, 2005

• DWD Selects W-2 Agencies for 2006-09 Contract Period

August 31, 2005

• Agency Seeks Proposals for Child Care Grant Funds

August 24, 2005

• July Local Unemployment Rates Announced 

August 18, 2005

• July Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman
• Labor Law Clinic Planned for Green Bay
• Labor Law Clinic Planned for Menomonie

August 3, 2005

• Agency accepting applications for Preferred Provider Registry for Milwaukee

July 27, 2005

• June Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Deputy Secretary Micabil Díaz-Martínez

July 21, 2005

• June Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

July 20, 2005

• Dislocated Assembly Services and Packaging, inc. Workers to Receive Assistance (Hudson)
• Dislocated Danly IEM Workers to Receive Assistance (Beaver Dam)
• Dislocated FI-Fabry Industries Workers to Receive Assistance (Green Bay)
• Dislocated Frank L. Wells Co. Workers to Receive Assistance (Kenosha)
• Dislocated Johnson Controls, Inc. System Products Division, Actuator Production, Watertown and Johnson Controls, Inc., System Products Division, Software Duplication Production Workers to Receive Assistance (Watertown)
• Dislocated Lamplight Farms, Inc. Workers to Receive Assistance (Menomonee Falls)
• Dislocated Newbury's Screen and Stitch, Inc. Workers to Receive Assistance (Park Falls)
• Dislocated Ready Fixtures Workers to Receive Assistance (Shell Lake)

July 7, 2005

• Federal Report says Wisconsin Child Support Program Ranks Among Best

July 1, 2005

• Governor Announces Layoff Assistance to former ATK-Alliant Techsystems Workers
• Governor Announces $1.3 Million in Layoff Assistance for Wisconsin Farmers
• Department of Workforce Development to Sponsor Labor Law Clinic

June 24, 2005

• DWD Solicits W-2 Requests for Proposals for 2006-2009
• Governor Announces Additional Layoff Assistance

June 22, 2005

• May Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

June 20, 2005

• Wisconsin Projections 2002-2012: Employment in Industries and Occupations Publication now available

June 16, 2005

• May 2005 Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

June 7, 2005

• DWD Sends Checks in AR Accessories Business Closing Claim
• Dislocated Northern Steel Castings, Inc Workers to Receive Assistance

June 1, 2005

• Governor announces new grants to grow Wisconsin's regional economies

May 26, 2005

• Wisconsin Minimum Wage Increases Effective June 1, 2005 | (En Español)

May 25, 2005

• April Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

May 19, 2005

• April 2005 Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

May 5, 2005

• Dislocated ICS Cutting Tools Workers to Receive Assistance

May 4, 2005

• Secretary Gassman to Recognize Chippewa Valley Technical College, West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, and the West Central Job Service District

April 20, 2005

• March Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

April 14, 2005

• March 2005 Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

April 8, 2005

• Department of Workforce Development and Easter Seals Wisconsin Honored

April 7, 2005

• DWD Comments on Legislative Audit Bureau’s Audit of Wisconsin Works (W-2)

April 4, 2005

• First Lady Jessica Doyle and DWD Secretary Roberta Gassman to Celebrate “Week of the Young Child” With Madison Children

March 30, 2005

• February Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

March 24, 2005

• Secretary Gassman to Address Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast

March 18, 2005

• Dislocated General Aluminum Manufacturing Employees to Receive Assistance
• Dislocated SJP Corp. (Simmons Juvenile Products) Employees to Receive Assistance
• Department to Sponsor Labor Law Clinic in Kimberly

March 17, 2005

• Department Issues Payments to Former Color Arts Employees
• February 2005 Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

March 16, 2005

• Secretary Gassman Makes Case for Governor’s Job Safety Initiative

March 15, 2005

• State Agencies Working Together to Increase Tax Credit Claims
• Secretary Gassman to Promote Governor’s Job Safety Initiative

March 14, 2005

• New Child Support Website Improves Service, Cuts Costs
• Secretary Gassman to Address Preserving Early Childhood Conference

March 11, 2005

• Additional $350,000 Made Available for Refugee Resettlement

March 9, 2005

• January Local Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

March 4, 2005

• Dislocated Worker Services To Be Provided To Employees Of Land's End

March 2, 2005

• January 2005 Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman
   
• Dislocated Pride Manufacturing Workers to Receive Assistance

February 24, 2005

• Dislocated Gilman Engineering and Manufacturing Company, LLC Workers to Receive Assistance
• Dislocated Sanmina - SCI Corporation Workers to Receive Assistance
• Dislocated Children's Group, Inc. Workers to Receive Assistance
• Dislocated Workers at UFE Inc. and Foley Wood Products, Inc. to Receive Assistance.

February 23, 2005

• New Service Locations for Former Clients of OIC-GM Announced

February 18, 2005

• Dislocated Workers to Receive Assistance

February 11, 2005

• Secretary Gassman to Deliver Blockstein Memorial Lecture

February 9, 2005

• Secretary Gassman Applauds Governor’s Child Care Proposal

February 8, 2005

• DWD Secretary in Stevens Point to Highlight Governor's Efforts to Strengthen Wisconsin's Child Care System

February 3, 2005

• Governor Announces Layoff Assistance

February 2, 2005

• Department of Workforce Development to Sponsor a Labor Law Clinic in Sturgeon Bay

January 28, 2005

• DWD Co-sponsors 22nd Biennial Apprenticeship Conference

January 26, 2005

• December Local Unemployment Rates Announced
• Secretary Roberta Gassman
   
• DWD to Honor Oxford Correctional Warden for work with People with Disabilities
• DWD to Honor Ft. McCoy Commander for work with People with Disabilities

January 20, 2005

• Agency Awards Grants to Accredited Child Care Centers
  PDF - Child Care Grant Recipients
   
• December Unemployment Rates Announced
  Secretary Roberta Gassman

January 19, 2005

• Unemployment Benefits Taxable, DWD Mails out 1099 Forms

January 14, 2005

• Governor Doyle Proposes “Quality Care for Quality Kids”

January 13, 2005

• Department of Workforce Development to Sponsor a Labor Law Clinic in West Bend

January 12, 2005

• DWD to Co-sponsor Statewide Conference Linking Early Childhood with Workforce and Economic Development

January 10, 2005

• Dislocated Ganton Technologies, Inc. Workers to Receive Assistance
• Dislocated Impressions Book and Journal Workers to Receive Assistance
• Dislocated Leach Company, Inc. Workers to Receive Assistance

January 5, 2005

• The Department of Workforce Development and the Wood County Department of Social Services to Sponsor a Labor Law Clinic for Employers

January 4, 2005

• County Labor Market Profiles Available on the Web
• Department enters settlement agreement in AR Accessories Business Closing Claim