Aug 20
By Brian Austin
Over the past year, I have thought often of George Orwell’s novel 1984. Certain aspects of Orwell’s dystopian vision of the future have lingered with me since I first read his 1949 novel as a high school student, more years ago than I care to discuss. One of the parts of the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/08/20/the-weapon-of-words/
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 25
Last month the Wisconsin Worker Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC) succeeded in amending the state’s Workers Compensation (WC) law by expanding who is eligible and by increasing benefit levels.
One of the most significant changes expands who is eligible for WC benefits. Under the new rules, any injured worker who is certified by the Department of …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/25/1137/
Jul 25
The Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), which covers 577,988 current and retired public employees across the state, is in great shape and is in no need of reforms.
This was the overall finding of the long-anticipated “Study of the Wisconsin Retirement System,” which was released July 1.
The new report re-discovered what previous studies had indicated …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/25/1133/
Jul 25
By Ron Blascoe
“Don’t give me a bunch of theory. Give me practical advice, from people who’ve been there.”
If that’s your sentiment, you’ve been waiting for The Steward’s Toolbox: Skills and Strategies for Winning at Work,” the latest book from our friends at Labor Notes.
The blurb on the cover says: “The Steward’s Toolbox …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/25/stewards-toolbox-filled-with-practical-advise/
Jul 25
By Kevin Gundlach, SCFL President
For the last 6 months, I have had the honor and privilege working along side many of you, on behalf of the labor movement as activists and as organizers; as Sisters and as Brothers of Labor. In the last 6 months, we have committed our time, energy and resources to …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/25/building-strong-pillars-of-a-movement-for-justice/
Jul 25
Taxpayers of Wisconsin finally got a look at the long-overdue report on Wisconsin’s contracting with private sector providers on July 3, and it might give us a better understanding of why the Walker Administration stonewalled the report until after the election. The amount of money the state spent on private sector contracts shot up 17 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.scfl.org/2012/07/25/walker-sneaks-out-late-report-showing-26spike-in-contracts/
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