Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published 6:30 a.m. CT Feb. 7, 2018
MADISON - Wisconsin would spend
nearly $7 million to draw workers to jobs at state businesses like
Foxconn, under legislation from Gov. Scott Walker that is coming before
lawmakers Wednesday.
Assembly Bill 811
is one of a series of proposals coming before the Legislature's Joint
Finance Committee as lawmakers hustle to finish their work for the
session.
With the unemployment rate at 3% in
Wisconsin, Walker has said the state needs more workers to fill jobs,
including at a display-screen plant that Foxconn Technology Group of
Taiwan plans to build in Racine County.
The governor's $6.8 million marketing campaign
would target veterans by letting them know they can access generous
state benefits and millennials by touting the state's cost of living.
"We need more bodies," Walker said late last year.
The
state and local governments in Racine County have committed some $4
billion toward the Foxconn plant, which is expected to cost up to $10
billion and employ up to 13,000 people. That's raised questions about
how the new facility will find workers to staff it.
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