South Central Federation of Labor
1602 S. Park St. #228
Madison WI 53715 (Map)
Phone: (608) 256-5111
Email: TheFed@scfl.org
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Unions Affiliated With the South Central Federation of Labor

SCFL Chapters

As a result of the New Alliance, a statewide labor reorganization, the Dodge and Jefferson County Central Labor Councils merged with SCFL and became Chapters. Click here for more information on the Dodge and Jefferson Chapters.

Union Sectors in Brief

The South Central Federation of Labor is preparing brief introductions to the various union sectors in the area. These articles are meant to foster a greater understanding of the unions and the issues facing workers in each sector. Click on any of the following sectors to read the briefing:

Construction Trades & Apprenticeship

Manufacturing

Public Education - Madison Teachers Inc.

Additional sector briefings will be added as they become available.

American Federation of Government Employees Local 1732 - Doctors, nurses and other health care and maintenance workers at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital (Madison).

American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 13 - Classified employees at the State of Wisconsin Mendota Mental Health Center.

AFSCME Subchapter 52 - AFSCME Retirees.

AFSCME Local 60 - Municipal and school employees in Dane County including City of Madison.

AFSCME Local 65 - Dane County highway, zoo, airport, and expo center employees.

AFSCME Local 68 - State of Wisconsin classified employees at Hill Farms.

AFSCME Local 145 - State of Wisconsin classified employees at Departments of Workforce Development & Commerce.

AFSCME Local 171 - State of Wisconsin classified employees at the UW-Madison.

AFSCME Local 333 - Inspectors for the State of Wisconsin.

AFSCME Local 655 - Jefferson County Highway workers.

AFSCME Local 655-A - Watertown Public Library.

AFSCME Local 705 - Workers at the Dane County Badger Prairie Health Care Center & Dane County Consolidated Food Services.

AFSCME Local 720 - County employees at Dane County Courthouse, Parks & Human Services, and clerical workers at Badger Prairie Hearth Care Center.

AFSCME Local 1323 - Dodge County Highway workers.

AFSCME Local 1323-E - Dodge County Sheriff's Department, non-sworn employees.

AFSCME Local 1323-G - Dodge County Courthouse and Social Services.

AFSCME Local 1558- Technicians, secretaries, drivers, support staff and printer at the Red Cross Badger Regional Blood Center.

AFSCME Local 1871 - Dane County Professional Union.

AFSCME Local 1942 - Blue collar, administrative support and technical workers at UW Hospital & Clinics.

AFSCME Local 2412 - UW-Madison & UW Baraboo classified administrative support employees.

AFSCME Local 2634 - Social workers employed by Dane County.

AFSCME Local 2748 Chapter 1 - State of Wisconsin professional social services workers.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-Wis. Local 223 - UW-Madison faculty and academic staff.

AFT-Wis. Local 243 - Full-time teachers and counselors at MATC.

AFT-Wis. Local 1917 - Teachers at Wisconsin Heights School District.

AFT-Wis. Local 3220 - (Teaching Assistants' Association, TAA) Teaching, program, and project assistants at the UW-Madison.

AFT-Wis. Local 3497 - McFarland School District teachers.

AFT-Wis. Local 3732 - State of Wisconsin science professionals.

AFT-Wis. Local 3872- Madison Area Technical College support staff.

AFT-Wis. Local 4066 - Wisconsin Heights School District support staff.

AFT-Wis. Local 4848 - (Wisconsin Professional Employees Council) Classified State of Wisconsin fiscal and staff services employees.

AFT-Wis. Local 4999 - Research, statistics, and analysis employees of the State of Wisconsin.

AFT-Wis. Local 5084 - Nurses & other health care professionals employed by Columbia County.

AFT-Wis. Local 6100 - MATC part time teachers.

Allied Printing Trades Council of Milwaukee & Madison.

American Postal Workers Union, Madison Area - Workers (other than letter carriers and mail handlers) employed by the U.S. Postal Service.

Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen Local 13 - Bricklayers, stone masons, tile layers, and terrazzo workers.

Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen Local 34 - Bricklayers in Sauk County.

Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin.

Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Local 383 - Iron workers, riggers, and machine movers.

Communications Workers of America Local 4603 - Printers at Wells Print & Digital and Littel Printing.

Communications Workers of America Local 4630- Operators, clerks, service reps, technicians and journalists at SBC, AT&T, Lucent, WISC TV-3, Johnson Controls, and Farmers Telephone Co.

Communications Workers of America, Wisconsin Political Council.

DALU Local 24111 - Newspaper editors, advertisers and circulators. Main employer under contract, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.

Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 577-M - Pressmen, bookbinders, lithographers, photoengravers at Wells Print & Digital, Capital Printing, and Littel Printing.

International Association of Firefighters Local 311 - Firefighters, paramedics, and lieutenants of the Madison Fire Dept., Monona Fire, Middleton EMS, Middleton Fire, Fitch-Rona EMS, Fitchburg Fire, Oregon Fire, Sun Prairie EMS, and Verona Fire.

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 873 - Production workers at John Deere in Horicon.

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge 957 - APV, makers of food processing equipment in Lake Mills.

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge 1367 - Western Industries, Kusel Equipment, Spirek, De La Rue (Watertown and surrounding community).

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge 1406 - Employees at Ohmeda, Federal Industries, Unimin Corp., Sussek Machine Corp. and Research Products.

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge 2052 - Mayville Products, Danly IEM in Beaver Dam.

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lodge 2053 - Gleason Reel, Maysteel, Mayville Die & Tool, Metalcraft of Mayville.

International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 2054 (Gardner Manufacturing and MacFAB)

International Association of Machinists (IAM) National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Local 276 - Employees at USDA's Forest Products Laboratory.

International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators (IATSE) Local 251 - Stagehands, lighting, sound, and carpentry services at theatrical and concert houses, trade shows and conventions; movie houses currently holding contracts Marcus Theaters (Eastgate and Point) and Star Cinema.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 159 - Journeyman and apprentice electricians for contractors and at Badger Ordnance Works and the State of Wisconsin.

IBEW Local 715 - Television engineers, technicians, and photo journalists at WKOW-TV.

IBEW Local 965 - Utility physical and clerical workers and manufacturing employees at Alliant Energy and eight other smaller employers in Dane and Columbia Counties.

IBEW Local 2150 - Energy and utility workers, clerical and technical support staff at investor owned, municipal & cooperative utilities.

IBEW Local 2304 - Line techs, meter testers, power plant, and gas distribution employees, customer service techs at Madison Gas and Electric.

International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 132 - Elevator constructors.

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 - Construction operating engineers.

Laborers International Union of North America Local 236 - City of Madison street, motor equipment, and engineering departments and library employees.

Laborers International Union of North America Local 464 - Construction laborers.

Madison Teachers Inc.- Professional and support staff in the Madison Metropolitan School District.

National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 507 - U.S. Postal Service letter carriers.

Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 9 - Office workers at Wisconsin Citizen Action, Operating Engineers Local 139 and Wisconsin Federation of Teachers.

OPEIU Local 39 - Primarily office workers at CUNA, CUNA Mutual, Madison Gas & Electric, and local labor unions.

OPEIU Local 277 - Workers at American Income Life.

Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union Local 7-1207 - Employees at Uniroyal Plastics Co. (Stoughton).

Painters & Allied Trades Local 802 - Painters, sign painters, paperhangers, sandblasters, water blasters, drywall finishers employed by contractors, State of Wisconsin, and City of Madison.

Painters & Allied Trades / Glaziers & Glassworkers Local 941 - Glaziers and glass workers.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 75 - Plumbers.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 601- Steamfitters employed by contractors and the State of Wisconsin.

Service Employees International Union Local 1- Workers at Madison Labor Temple Association and Monona Terrace Catering.

Service Employees International Union Local 150- Nursing home, home care and hospital employees at Meriter Hospital, Columbus Care Center, the Willows of Sun Prairie, Oakwood Village and Dane County Home Care, as well as employees of Head Start of Dane County.

Service Employees International Union District 1199W/United Professionals for Quality Health Care- Health care and human services workers employed by Dane and Sauk counties, City of Madison, Meriter Hospital, Madison Rehabilitation and Convalescent Center, Skaalen Sunset Home, and members of the State of Wisconsin Professional Patient Care Unit and the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Public Authority.

Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 18 - Sheet metal construction and fabrication workers.

Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 565 - Production workers employed at DEC, Sub Zero, Carnes Co., Greenheck Fan Corp./Damper Operations, Trachte Bldg. Systems, Metal Skills Inc., Everbrite of Pardeeville, and Erv Future Products.

UNITE HERE Local 125 - Concourse Hotel

UNITE HERE Local 229 - Laundry workers at Aramark and Madison United Hospital Laundry.

United Auto Workers Local 443 - Mechanics at Kayser Ford Inc. and production workers at Wisco Industries.

UAW Local 2320, Progressive Association of Workers, Nat'l Organization of Legal Service Workers - Workers at The Progressive Magazine.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473 - Retail clerks, meat cutters and other workers employed by Cub Foods and Woodman's Food Stores; Wisconsin Physicians Service; Belmont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; and Wisconsin Vision.

United Staff Union - Represents staff members at the Wisconsin Education Association Council and WEAC Trust.

United Steel Workers of America Local 342 - Baso Gas Products in Watertown.

United Steel Workers of America Local 904 - Production workers at Goodyear in Sun Prairie.

United Steel Workers of America Local 4846 - Wisconsin Investcast (Watertown), ER Wagner Casters & Wheels (Hustiford, WI).

Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans.

Workers' Rights Center - a bi-lingual community center dedicated to educating and advocating for worker justice. The WRC assists low-wage and immigrant workers on a walk-in basis and provides training on workplace issues.