South Central Federation of Labor

06/19/2026

06/19/2026

Workers at GHC need to elect a pro-worker, pro-democracy Board of Directors in order to Unionize.

It’s critical that every eligible GHC Cooperative member vote for GHC Member Union Support Team’s endorsed candidates.

Voting ends at 11:59 pm on Tuesday, June 23rd, so vote today! See the flyer below to vote.

06/19/2026

The Juneteenth holiday, also called Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, falls on June 19th. This year, the parade and celebration will be held on Saturday, June 20th, 2026. The Juneteenth Parade starts at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street, and goes to Penn Park, 2101 Fisher Street. SCFL will be participating, and we encourage you to join us. The Juneteenth Celebration continues with live entertainment, food, speakers, and family activities.

Staging for the Juneteenth Parade - 10:00am; parade kicks off - 11:00am.

Celebration at Penn Park - 12:00pm.

SCFL will be reserving an informational table. To volunteer at the SCFL Labor table or to be a part of the Labor contingent of the Parade, please RSVP here:

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Street Closures during the parade: South Park Street will be closed from W. Badger Road to W. Wingra Drive between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Streets immediately surrounding Penn Park will remain closed until 6:00 p.m. Expect rolling detours and check City of Madison Metro Transit for bus route detours.

06/12/2026

Congrats to the Nurses at St. Mary's Hospital, who voted overwhelmingly to Go Union with SEIU Wisconsin (511 to 63)!

Welcome to the Labor Union family!

Nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital voted to unionize with 89% in favor to join Wisconsin’s largest health care union. The vote was held on June 11 with 511 (89%) in favor of unionizing and 63 (11%) against. St. Mary’s nurses are now officially represented by Service Workers International Union (SEI...

06/06/2026

Take Kids Fishing Day photos (part 2)!

06/06/2026

Take Kids Fishing Day photos! (Part 1)

06/02/2026

TONIGHT - Wisconsin Workers Governors Forum tonight and SCFL Happy Hour to follow!

05/25/2026

From the Union Veterans Council: "True remembrance requires action. We honor the dead by fighting for the living."

05/25/2026

Join the brave nurses organizing at St. Mary's this week! All are welcome to attend! Solidarity!!!!