Painters Wanted!
Wanted: Mural Painters to Make History
If you have a steady hand and a couple hours a week to spare, consider volunteering for the Madison Labor History Mural project this summer and fall as it edges toward completion. Depicting more than a century of Madison labor history, the two-story mural will fill three walls inside the south entrance to the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St.
Sharon Kilfoy, a well-known Madison muralist, took over the project earlier this year and has made substantial progress.
Volunteers are still needed to accomplish a goal of finishing before the end of the year. If you want to help, send an email to sharon<at>willyart.net or call Sharon Kilfoy at (608) 658-3736. Each volunteer receives a complimentary 45 min. video (DVD), Madison Labor: Building a City, Building a Movement.
Artistic ability is welcome but NOT required. Come enjoy relaxing work and meet new friends – while being a part of this remarkable community art and labor history project. Mural painting might also be appropriate for high school students interested in extra credit or community service. Must be 14 years old to participate.
DVD on Madison's Labor History Available
As
work progresses on the Madison Labor
History Mural project, the South Central Federation of Labor
has released a DVD, Madison Labor: Building a City, Building
a Movement. The DVD includes The Early Years (30
min.), originally produced in 1985, and Madison: A Union City, 1985-2005 (15 min.) which brings Madison’s labor history up to date. Read
more about the Madison Labor History
Mural project and the DVD, which is available for $25, here.
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What's Happening
Class: What Every Union Needs to Know About the New Federal Health Care Law
How will the new health care legislation affect collective bargaining? Will there be relief from rocketing health care costs? Will more people be covered, or will employers try to shed the health insurance they currently provide? What are the plusses and minuses in the new legislation?
WHEN: Saturday, December 4
Registration 8:30-9 am; class 9 am - 2 pm
WHERE: Anderson United Way Center, 2059 Atwood Avenue, 3rd floor, Madison (Parking on site)
FEE: $50 (check payable to UW Extension)
This class provides an in-depth look at the new federal health care legislation and its implications for unions.
- What does it mean to have your plan grandfathered?
- What about negotiated retirees’ health care benefits?
- Do we need additional legislation?
- And more
What's News
Overture Privatization Plans Draw Union Fire
Stagehands and city employees remain locked in a battle against privatization of jobs at the Overture Center for the Arts. The privatization plan would force the stagehands of IATSE Local 251 back to the negotiating table, after having recently signed a first-ever contract with the City of Madison in April of this year. Read more ...
AFSCME Confronts UW Union Busting
Chants of “What’s disgusting? Union busting!” echoed off the pre-dawn buildings along University Avenue on September 20 as picketers surrounded the block long Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) building on the UW Madison campus. At issue was the WID’s plan to contract out food service jobs when it opens its doors later this year. The picket line was called by AFSCME Local 171, which normally represents food service workers on campus. Read more ...
Blue Dogs, Tea Partiers
and the Rest of Us
By Jim Cavanaugh, SCFL President | The primary election season, which runs roughly from very late spring until very late summer, has finally concluded. And what a topsy-turvy season it has been. On the upside, organized labor finally demonstrated some impatience and courage and went after some Blue Dog Democrats. On the downside, it doesn’t appear that the effort will be sustained. On the upside downside, Tea Partiers, Sarah Palin, and assorted other extremists made significant inroads into the Republican Party. Read more ...
‘Newby Years’ Transformed
Local Labor Movement
Heads turned when Madison Building Trades President Babe Rohr walked into a December, 1979 meeting at the Steelworkers’ Hall where a group of Madison Federation of Labor delegates was choosing an opposition slate for the upcoming Fed election. Babe stayed just long enough to give us a name, declaring “this is nothing but a rump group.” Once he left, the new Rump Group, a loose collection of delegates from public sector, printing trades, and some industrial locals picked David Newby to run for Fed president. Read more ...
Wolf Workers Re-Vote to Save Madison Jobs
On September 10, members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 565 narrowly voted to accept a concessionary contract proposal at Wolf Appliances of Fitchburg. Back in August the same union voted to reject demands from the company that would have amounted to a 20 percent reduction in wages and benefits. After that vote the employer contacted the union with a new proposal with a few improvements, according to Dave Goodspeed, the elected Business Agent for Local 565. Read more ...
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United Way Volunteers Sought
Labor volunteers are being sought to fill seats on United Way's Community Solutions Teams that address the problems in the community. Read more ...
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:
Additional sector briefings will be added as they become available.
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