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  • Court Blocks Department Of Labor From Invalidating Election
    In the recently decided case of Solis v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the fairness of an election in which the union did not explicitly notify members of a change in the eligibility requirement for election to union office. This change consisted of the dropping of a previously held meeting attendance requirement.
     

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  • In quest of democracy at Amalgamated Transit Convention

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    By Rachel Padgett

    Peter Fionda, a longtime member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, attended the ATU national convention in Las Vegas this September. Local 241 represents bus drivers employed by Chicago. This is the story as he told it to us:

  • Court strikes down Transit Union restrictive rule

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  • Some Modest Proposals for a Teamster Code

    In announcing RISE, its proposal for a union code of conduct, the Teamsters union encourages input from all interested parties. In that spirit, I would like to submit a few suggestions derived from AUD's long and varied experience in collaborating with reformers in many unions.

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