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  • Focusing the AFL-CIO debate: Bureaucracy v. Democracy

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  • Local 509 asks questions about democracy in the SEIU

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    At the recent convention of the Service Employees International Union, delegates were able to vote on a proposal to change the method of choosing top international officers from the current system of election by vote of delegates to election by direct vote of the membership.

  • Divided appeals court denies Carpenters direct elections

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    (updated September 19, 2004)

    In June a federal appeals court rebuffed a suit by seven carpenters who sought to compel their New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC) to elect its top officers by direct membership referendum vote. In a two-to-one decision the First Circuit appeals court in Massachusetts upheld a ruling of the U.S. Labor Department that the council could continue to elect officers by vote of local delegates.

  • The New Unity Partnership: Sweeney critics would bureaucratize to organize

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