1. 25th Anniversary of Merrill Central Labor Council, 1937-1962. [Merrill, Wis.]: Merrill Labor Leader; 1962. 44 p. Notes: Commemorative volume in honor of the twentieth-five anniversary of the Merrill Central Labor Council in Merrill, Wisconsin, which had at that time fourteen affiliated union locals, plus their Merrill Union Auxiliary; short histories are provided for several of the affiliates in this publication. Half of all the pages in the volume contain congratulatory advertisements. Three essays are also included: “Democracy in the Workplace” by Robert B. Cooney (assistant editor, AFL-CIO News); “The Road Ahead” by James A. Sulfridge (editor of the Retail Clerks Advocate); “Union Members are Top Employees in Their Fields” (no authorship or source provided).
  1. “Area Unions Have Had Four Labor Temples Since 1893”. Union Labor News: The Voice of Labor in South Central Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.; 2011 Dec: 11. Notes: A full-page article describing the four places where the central labor body of the Madison area labor movement met throughout the years since its founding in 1893 as the Madison Federated Trades Council and going up to the present labor temple located at 1602 South Park Street, home of the now South Central Federation of Labor.This is a reprint of an article which originally appeared in the April 1976 issue of the Union Labor News.
  1. Building a City, Building a Movement: A History of the Madison Federation of Labor . Madison, Wis.: South Central Federation of Labor; 2006. 1 videodisc (45 min.); part b&w, part col. ; 4 – 3/4 in.
  1. Madison Labor: Building a City–Building a Movement . Madison, Wis.: Madison Federation of Labor; 1985. 1 VHS videorecording (30:00 min.). Notes: Tells the story of the first one hundred years of the modern labor movement in Madison, Wisconsin, beginning with the founding in 1893 of the Federated Trades Council, the precursor of the current South Central Federation of Labor. CREDITS: Produced by … Thanks to …
  1. Applebaum, Leon. “Felix Olkives: Labor Entrepreneur”. IN: Burckel, Nicholas C. and John A. Neuenschwander, eds. Kenosha Retrospective: A Biographical Approach. Kenosha, Wis.: Kenosha County Bicentennial Commission; 1981; p. [170]-202. Notes: Olkives was a member of Painters Local 934 in Kenosha, Wisconsin and was its president for forty years; he was also president of the Kenosha Trades and Labor Council for nine years from 1926 through 1937, when he became public relations counsel for the Kenosha Manufacturers’ Association (to the shock of his fellow union members!). He also served on the Kenosha City Council for five terms from 1942 to 1952, including as its president for some part of the time, until he was indicted for bribery (although the charges were eventually dropped); he had first run and been elected to the city council against the labor-endorsed slate. Finally, from 1963 through 1968, he served as president of the Kenosha AFL-CIO Council, the area’s central labor body.
  1. Arnold, Dexter. “Building a City, Building a Movement: Madison Labor”. Union Labor News: The Voice of Labor in South Central Wisconsin. [Madison, Wis.]; 1993 May: 7-11, 13, 15-16. Notes: Well worth looking up, this outstanding and substantial article tells the story of the first one hundred years of the modern labor movement in Madison, Wisconsin, beginning with the founding in 1893 of the Federated Trades Council, the precursor of the current South Central Federation of Labor.CONTENTS: “Madison Labor–the Early Years, 1893-1929,” p. 7-10; “Organizing a Broader, Stronger Movement, 1930-1940,” p. 11 & 13; “Progress and Empty Promises, 1941-1993,” p. 15-16.