May 09
The South Central Federation of Labor’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) will hold its 54th annual Bean Feed dinner on Wednesday, May 22, starting at 6 p.m. at the Madison Labor Temple (1602 S. Park Street). The meal will be served from 6:00 until 7:15 p.m.
The South Central Federation of Labor is the AFL–CIO …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2013/05/09/bean-feed-set-for-may-22/
Aug 20
Staff at Journey Mental Health Center (JMHC) in Madison who recently voted to organize a new union received a hearty “welcome” to the labor movement at SCFL’s monthly delegate meeting, August 20.
Journey Mental Health is a private sector alcohol and mental health services center, which operates at nine sites in the Madison area. Nearly …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/08/20/journey-mental-health-workers-union-yes/
Aug 03
By Buzz Davis – America has a major crisis in Wisconsin and the Nation – the looming lack of financial security in retirement.
Today we have the best-off seniors America has ever seen. But still many live in poverty or near poverty. Seventy million Baby Boomers now headed into retirement …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/08/03/retirement-crisis-ahead-like-the-titanic-nobodys-steering-the-ship/
Jul 09
By Bill Fletcher and Jane McAlevey – Before Wisconsinites voted down the attempt to recall Governor Scott Walker, and certainly since, principled progressives inside and outside of unions have disagreed on whether or not the campaign should have happened. In fact, between the two of us, we don’t fully agree about whether or not the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/09/unions-need-to-invest-in-mass-participatory-education/
Jul 07
(AFL-CIO) – No one wants a strike or lockout. But when the struggle for workplace justice forces workers to vote to strike, or to be locked out by management, the union community must see that the personal and family needs of workers are met.
The Strong on and Beyond the Picket Line: Organizing an Effective Strike …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/07/new-resource-effective-strike-and-lockout-assistance/
Jul 07
Mike Hall, AFL-CIO – The Next Generation: A Handbook for Mentoring Future Union Leaders, just released by the Berger-Marks Foundation and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), provides hands-on advice and concrete tools for unions and other organizations to develop and implement mentoring programs for members and staff. Download the Mentoring Handbook here.
IWPR Study Director Cynthia …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/07/new-union-mentoring-guide-helps-build-future-leaders/
Jun 25
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, delivered its decision on Arizona’s infamous anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. The Court clearly rejected the overreach in Arizona as unconstitutional, but disappointingly, the conservative justices failed to stop the current civil rights crisis and did not protect the constitutional rights of Arizona’s families by leaving in place the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/06/25/scfls-gundlach-skeaks-out-on-the-supreme-courts-sb-1070-decision/
Jun 25
By Kevin Gundlach, SCFL President – What took you so long? We’ve been waiting.” It’s what more than one community member, living in the Madison Southdale neighborhood asked me while we were canvassing. Although I was there to collect signatures, I knew the comment meant so much more than an election.
Months later, that question …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/06/25/making-labor-community-alliance-a-reality/
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