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Kelda Roys: “Number of manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin has dropped to…”

Featuring: Kelda Roys, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 26

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Campaign 2026: Sen. Kelda Roys (D) - Candidate for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 27:45

One of the most important things that we can do is to increase access to training and apprenticeships and higher education. Right. We're going to see increased automation, we're … Number of manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin has dropped to fewer than 460,000 last year from 560,000 in 2001. … make sure that our workers are prepared to compete and to thrive in in this new world. But we also, I think, you know, have really devalued the work that is impossible to automate. (27:45–27:56)

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States a decline in manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin from 560,000 in 2001 to fewer than 460,000.

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