South Central Federation of Labor

Know your rights to form and join a Union

Most private sector workers have the right to form and join a Union. New resources on the US Dept of Labor website educates workers about their rights and protections.

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UW System Workers Demand Meet and Confer

Faculty, staff, and graduate students across the UW System have asked to meet regularly with University leadership in order to discuss working conditions in the face of budget cuts, mass layoffs (including of tenured faculty), campus closures, and attempts to shutter arts departments. However, all 8 locals have been denied.

Governor Evers recently endorsed meet and confer, stating he "believes workers should have a voice in the workplace and a seat at the table to be able to provide meaningful input on decisions that affect their livelihoods and work."

The UW System Regents, many of whom are Evers' appointees, have the power to require our bosses to meet with us.

Tell the Regents to support and require Meet & Confer by sending them an email: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/we-demand-meet-confer explaining why meet and confer is so vital to our public higher education system.

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The South Central of Federation (SCFL) AFL-CIO is raising money for organizing efforts throughout Dane County and the surrounding area. The amount of new unionization efforts our office has received in the past few years is unprecedented. In the last year alone, it has tripled. For the vast majority of these campaigns, workers are not with a union right away. Until the workers choose a union, SCFL works with them for months, sometimes up to a year. Because of our assistance, workers are better prepared when they do end up with a union. To continue our success, SCFL needs funding to assist in the very critical, initial stages for workers to organize into a union.

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