January 28 - Wisconsin Gets the Ball Rolling on Unemployment Insurance
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January 28 - Wisconsin Gets the Ball Rolling on Unemployment Insurance

2023-01-28

On this day in Labor History the year was 1932. That was the day the first unemployment insurance law in was established in the United States. 

It happened in Wisconsin.  Governor Phillip LaFollette signed the Unemployment Compensation Act.  

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