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Amy Pechacek: “The first state in the nation to pass a state apprenticeship…”

Featuring: Amy Pechacek, Acting Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development

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Finding That Next Job (Hour 2)

Published | Video Starts at 27:04

Wisconsin was the first state in the nation to pass both a state run unemployment system back in the 1930s. We were also the first state in the nation to have a constitutionally valid workers compensation program and The first state in the nation to pass a state apprenticeship program all the way back in 1911. So wonderful history there. And all of these programs are available, but if I have lost my job, I want to immediately file for unemployment so I can start to access some of those unemployment payments that folks are entitled to. (27:04–27:10)

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