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Direct election of union officers

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  • NYC Carpenters rat ruling regime
    The giant, snarling, inflatable rat has been widely employed by unions in labor disputes with employers and non-union contractors in recent years, but on the lower west side of Manhattan this past August, the iconic species of rodent bared its teeth at an unusual target: The headquarters of the New York City District Council of Carpenters (NYCDC). 
     
  • More Legal Decisions

     

  • Are UBC locals really labor organizations?



  • IBEW Rank and File Rally for Union Democracy - President Hill and Rank and File Group Engage in Spirited Debate

    AUD was invited to observe and report on a rally by a group of IBEW rank and file, on April 15th in front of the IBEW international headquarters in Washington D.C. This is the group's second march on D.C., with the rallying cry this time being “Take Back Our Union.”

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  • Hoffa faces two challengers for IBT president
    It’s now official.  Two rival candidates will be on the ballot to oppose Jimmy Hoffa for president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in the coming union election. Sandy Pope and Fred Gegare were both formally nominated by receiving support from more than 5% of the delegates who signified their choice by secret ballot at the July international union convention.  
     
  • It’s happening in the Teamsters Union



    At the IRB

    Local 82, Boston

  • Dual power in the NYC Carpenters Union



    Throughout the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, in all of the United States, there remains one last remnant of union democracy, and that's in the New York City District Council of Carpenters. International President Douglas McCarron would like to eradicate this vestige so that the 22,000- member unit can be forced into the authoritarian mold of unionism he has successfully devised for his union everywhere else. 

  • IBEW brass undercuts members' vote petition
    In November 2010, members of the International Brotherhood of Electricians started a Facebook group to organize a movement for one member, one vote in elections for international union officers. [OMOV!]  
  • Democracy resurgent as Marine Engineers Vote



  • Sandy Pope, insurgent candidate for Teamster president

    By filing nominating petitions signed by over 50,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sandy Pope won recognition as an accredited candidate for general president in opposition to incumbent James Hoffa. In November, her candidacy was endorsed by cheering delegates at the convention of the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (www.tdu.org). Teamsters elect international officers by direct membership vote.

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