The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) is a progressive policy institute housed on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
[2] The earliest efforts of COWS were directed at workforce development in Wisconsin and rust-belt states that were losing manufacturing jobs.
[4] The organization has worked with the Service Employees International Union, Wisconsin Jobs Now and the Economic Policy Institute on efforts to raise the minimum wage.
[5] The focus of COWS has expanded to include a number of separate projects aimed at government leaders across the nation who can affect policy in their regions.
COWS also helped launch organizations like the Apollo Alliance and the Economic Analysis Research Network (EARN).