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United Federation of Teachers (UFT)

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  • Surrendering to the internet: Democrats in spite of themselves?

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  • For union democracy in action, watch NYC public employees

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  • In Canada: Auto Workers and Carpenters defy U.S. internationals

    In July, the Canadian Auto Workers union was suspended from the Canadian Labor Congress in a dispute over congress rules which, like the AFL-CIO no-raiding pact, forbid one affiliated union from taking members from another. In defiance of the congress, the Canadian Auto Workers welcomed into its ranks 30,000 members of eight Ontario locals of the Service Employees International Union. According to Buzz Hargrove, CAW president, 11,000 of the SEIU members voted to disaffiliate in workplace balloting; and 95% of the votes supported the CAW in a government collective bargaining election.

  • 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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  • The Rouge Forum

    "a group of educators, students, and parents seeking a democratic society. We are concerned about questions like these: How can we teach against racism, national chauvinism and sexism in an increasingly authoritarian and undemocratic society? How can we gain enough real power to keep our ideals and still teach--or learn? Whose interests shall school serve in a society that is ever more unequal?"

  • Unity Caucus

    "established in 1962. In every election since that time it has been successful in electing most or all of the UFT leadership. Most of the policies adopted by the Caucus have been approved by the legislative bodies of the UFT and have become Union policy."

  • New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)

    "New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) is a group of public school educators committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large, by organizing and mobilizing teachers, developing curriculum, and working with community, parent, and student organizations. We are educators who believe that education is an integral part of social change and that we must work both inside and outside the classroom because the struggle for justice does not end when the school bell rings."

  • ICE-UFT

    "The Independent Community of Educators is an opposition caucus within the United Federation of Teachers... an alternative voice for school workers, addressing the deplorable conditions for teaching and learning in New York City, and exploring ways to make the UFT into a stronger and more democratic union."

  • Teachers for a Just Contract

    "a group of Chapter Leaders, Delegates, chapter UFT Committee members, and rank and filers. For more than ten years, we have been fighting for better contracts and a more militant, democratic UFT. We have leafleted, petitioned, spoken and demonstrated in front of our union's headquarters. Between contract fights, we publish a newsletter, Class Action."

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