Union Labor News: November 2008

• Let's Elect a Pro-Worker Legislature Also!
  By Jim Cavanaugh, SCFL President The Legislative endorsements listed in this pdf available to download were the result of South Central Federation of Labor delegates reviewing the voting records of incumbents, questionnaires sent by the State AFL-CIO, and candidate interviews conducted in Watertown on August 6... [More]
• Wis. Chamber Orchestra on Strike!
  The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s management presented Madison’s kids with an early Halloween trick, October 14, inexplicably canceling a Halloween concert that the group’s musicians were willing to perform. The WCO’s musicians, member of American Federation of Musicians Local 166, thought they were close to agreement on the three major issues that had led to a... [More]
• McCain’s Plan Threatens Wis. Health Care Benefits
  Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton joined union leaders and health care policy experts, October 1, to release a new report showing that Senator John McCain’s proposed health care plan would threaten the employer-based health benefits of Wisconsin families and tax those benefits for the first time ever.   Lawton said that, by eliminating tax incentives for employers who provide health... [More]
• Labor: Vote Yes on Madison School Referendum
  On September 15, delegates of the South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL) voted unanimously in support of the Madison School Referendum on the ballot November 4. The SCFL vote in favor of the referendum followed one by Madison Teachers Incorporated (MTI), which has also endorsed the school referendum. Since 1993, Wisconsin schools have operated under a state-imposed revenue limit law wh... [More]