Impediments to Running for Union Office
AUD 2017 Conference
Union rules that act as impediments to running for office:
Are they legal? How can you beat them?
AUD’s 2017 conference will bring together unionists to discuss the variety of union rules and requirements that can and often do prevent reformers from running for office or mounting successful campaigns. These include meeting attendance rules, requirements to obtain signatures in order to be nominated, requirements to earn designation as a slate, continuous good standing requirements, and more. Speakers at our conference will include several candidates for local office. Each will discuss the obstacles they encountered. We will then have a presentation by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards, New York District, on these same rules, and their legality. There will be a question and answer session.
List of Speakers:
Herman Benson, AUD founder
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, President, New York State Nurses Association
Michael J. Goldberg, AUD Director, Professor Emeritus at Widener University, Delaware Law School
Justin Babula, past candidate for President, UNITE HERE Local 100 New York & New Jersey
John Feeney, past candidate for Business Manager, United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters Local One, NYC
Julian Gonzalez, Esq., Lewis, Clifton & Nikolaidis; Counsel to the Fred Zuckerman Teamsters United slate
Joe Jacobs, IBEW Local 48, Portland, Oregon
J.J. Popio, candidate for union representative, Gas Workers Union of NE Ohio, Local G-555
Francesco Portelos, candidate for President, United Federation of Teachers, NYC
Branden Rippey, past candidate for President, Newark Teachers Union, New Jersey
Steven Schreiner, Director of Servicing, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council No. 7, Wisconsin
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards, New York District Office
WHEN: Saturday April 22, 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
WHERE: St. Marks Church-In-The-Bowery, 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
For More Information: call AUD at 718-564-1114, email info@uniondemocracy.org, www.uniondemocracy.org
Group rates are available. Please call us directly at 718-564-1114 for details.
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