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“Faculty Majority” defends academic democracy, but how?

A discussion piece
Reformers win in UPS local once headed by Ron Carey

Teamsters for a Democratic Union (http://tdu.org) has some interesting news to report.
Moving slowly while opportunity knocks at IUOE L. 14

It was back in July 2008 that the government settled its civil RICO lawsuit against International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14, the 1,600-member union of heavy construction equipment and crane operators in New York City. The government charged that Local 14 had been dominated by organized crime; the consent decree that settled the case provides for two court-appointed monitors armed with wide-ranging powers to eradicate corruption, establish a fair job referral system, require fair elections, and promote union democracy.
New Voices at AUD construction trades conference, and Workshop Reports

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Fair hiring, fighting pension abuses, and a Bill of Rights for Building Trades Unionists were up for discussion at AUD's national conference of construction workers in Brooklyn, November 8 and 9.
AUD travels to Charleston in ongoing work with ILA reformers

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(ILA members, see notes at end.)

AUD's Matt Noyes, Marsha Niemeijer of Labor Notes, and David Pratt of the Teamster Rank and File Education and Legal Defense Foundation, traveled to Charleston SC in early February where they facilitated a workshop for the Longshore Workers Coalition (LWC), the reform group in the International Longshoremen's Association.
Carpenters launch international rank and file group

(Versions of this article appeared in Labor Notes and Union Democracy Review)

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Letter to the Editor: "A Flawed Referendum for Massachusetts Nurses"

Dear Herman,

Thank you for sending me the article "A Flawed Referendum for Massachusetts Nurses." I truly enjoyed reading the article and appreciate the time and effort you and your colleagues took to highlight the issues we are facing within our union.

It's unfortunate that it took this issue for me to realize that organizations such as yours exist, but I'm fortunate that I had the opportunity to talk with you and your colleagues about our issues as well as learning about the Association for Union Democracy.
Unionists gather to discuss union democracy, meet LMRDA experts
(Part Two of a $100 Plus Club News Special Report on a University of Illinois Forum on Union Democracy & Effective Union Leadership)

By Helena Worthen and Joe Berry
UNION DEMOCRACY = UNION POWER

(Part One of a $100 Plus Club News Special Report on a University of Illinois Forum on Union Democracy & Effective Union Leadership)

Incumbent union officers tend to think of union democracy as a threat to incumbent power. This is a basic misconception. Union democracy is about union member power, and union member power is union power. Because union democracy activism usually focuses on deposing corrupt, ineffectual, or uncaring union officers, it is not widely understood that an effective union is one that cultivates its members' power.

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