Walker developing new way to measure employment
MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker says he is developing a new way to measure Wisconsin's employment needs.
Walker has complained about the accuracy of monthly unemployment data based on a survey of about 3.5 percent of Wisconsin businesses. The more accurate data, based on a census of nearly all Wisconsin businesses, comes quarterly and has a six month lag.
Walker said Tuesday that gap makes it difficult to use those numbers for making quick responses to the state's employment needs. He says he is moving forward with a real-time labor management system so the state can react to job needs better.
Walker previously mentioned the idea in his State of the State speech.
Walker promised in 2010 to create 250,000 private sector jobs over four years. He's far from meeting that pledge.
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Jan 24, 2013 at 1:18 a.m.
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Right to Vote Measures no doubt!!! Walker appears to be in the back pocket of Big Corporations & Insurance Companies because of Million Dollar Donations to his campaign. Of course he is looking out after THEIR best interests...he ran around collecting Millions of dollars to save himself with misleading ads during the RECALL.......In the end, a resolute Walker's motivation was protecting the special interests corporations wanting special favors who bankrolled ALL those misleading ads...and his Grand Idea to throw us $200 pittance to shut us up while he wheels and deals with special interest groups behind closed doors is insulting...and he thinks we are NOT paying attention...Mitt Romney thought the same...and the beat goes on, eh!
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