Esperanza Unida was founded in 1971 as a non-profit community organization. We provide counseling, representation, job training, and job placement to minority, injured, and unemployed workers in the Milwaukee area.
Esperanza Unida primarily focuses on training and placing people into highly demanded jobs that pay family-supporting wages and offer benefits. To do this, we have developed the Training and Job Placement Business Model, a form of job training and placement that combines skills training with business operation. With this, students receive their instruction in a real business environment.
Since its inception in 1971, Esperanza Unida has been providing bilingual legal support to Wisconsin's injured and unemployed workers. This program still operates today, providing counseling and representation to this community's workers under Wisconsin's Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance statutes.
