The moms are deeply frustrated with the response they’ve received from county and state officials.
Category: Watchdog
VARC paid CEO $1.5 million in bonuses, deferred compensation
VARC’s former CEO Anthony Ugo was paid over $1 million in 2016 by the charity, which employs workers with disabilities on subminimum wages.
If You Build it They Will Come
Why does Vernon County need a 128-bed jail that costs $1.8 million a year to run and is largely used to house inmates from the Milwaukee area?
ORC: Employees with disabilities were paid less than $1 an hour
61 workers with disabilities at ORC were being paid subminimum wages as of Jan. 1.
Trouble at the co-op
The firing of three long-time employees at the co-op sparked a backlash and hints at deeper problems inside the organization.
Gundersen, Mayo net $39 million bailout for La Crosse facilities
Gundersen and Mayo received millions in federal help in July.
Mayo, like Gundersen, also sues its workers for medical debt
Mayo garnished $74,200 in wages from its own workers in La Crosse and Vernon counties in the last two years.
La Crosse Nonprofit had $200 million in Assets, Paid CEO $800K
ORC Industries paid its president over $800k in 2018.
