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Rail Operating Crafts United (ROCU)

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  • Railroad workers on right track for unity

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    Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) adopted three amendments to their union constitution providing for the direct election of national officers by the membership. Previously, officers were elected by convention delegates. The three measures were adopted by votes of around 4,500 to 2,500 in a membership referendum. The BLET is now affiliated to the Teamsters as a national division.

  • Pipefitters, feisty Canadians, and Pilots: results of AUD's Best Rank-and-File Website Contest 2005

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    Internet exclusive. (A shorter version of this piece appears in the January-February 2006 issue of Union Democracy Review #160)

    "The GREAT contests for web sites run by LabourStart and by the AUD are the "Oscar ceremonies" of the Labor Cyber World." - Art Shostak, author of CyberUnion and the CyberUnion Handbook.

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