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Bricklayers continue Battle Over Constitution, Election Rights and Consolidation | U.S. Department of Labor’s Delays in Issuing Statements of Reasons Worsens | AUD Attends Conference, “Honoring the Legacy of Jock Yablonski and the Miners for Democracy” Click here to subscribe
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Yvonne Armstrong Beats Incumbent President of 1199 SEIU Healthcare Workers East | Incumbents Win Special Election in the New York Carpenters Union | Iron Workers Local 11 Under Investigation on Multiple Fronts
IUOE President Receives “Full and Unconditional” Pardon
On Tuesday, May 27th, James Callahan, general president of the International Union of Operating Engineers received a “full and unconditional pardon” from President Donald J. Trump. Callahan failed to disclose $315,000 worth of tickets, hospitality, and transportation he received from a vendor with which the union did business on LM-30 reports he filed covering 2019 […]
“…To Secure These Rights…”
The last year has been a tumultuous one for the American Labor movement and for the Association for Union Democracy. A divisive presidential election, a near industry wide strike by the ILA, and for AUD, a loss of a years long headquarters and office space. In spite of the disruption of our big move last […]
A Special Election in the New York Carpenters Union
by Josh Soffler (An updated version of this article will appear in the forthcoming Union Democracy Review 227) The New York City District Council of Carpenters (DCC), which represents 16,000 carpenters and joiners across the five boroughs, is currently facing a leadership challenge. A special election is happening as the former Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph Geiger, was promoted […]
1199 SEIU Healthcare Worker East Sees First Competitive Election in Decades
by Zane Markosian (An updated version of this article will appear in the forthcoming Union Democracy Review 227) George Gresham, president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, faces competition in the union’s April election. The opposition slate, led by Veronica Turner-Biggs, has criticized Gresham’s leadership, citing lavish expenses, his lack of action on understaffed […]
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AUD Pens Letter to IUOE Ethics Officer | Department of Labor Slips on Timing and Leaves Union Members in the Dark | Union Conventions: When and How Often?
UDR #226 Now Available!
Appeals Court Allows Broader Distribution of Union Election Campaign Materials | At the Intersection of Federal Labor Law and Rank and File Activism: A Legal History of Teamsters for a Democratic Union | Fighting Times: Organizing on the Frontlines of the Class War
They’ve Landed
As many of you may know by now, the Association for Union Democracy has officially moved. We and our neighbors lost our lease on Montgomery Street and have decamped to 55 Washington Street in a vivacious neighborhood in Brooklyn by the East River. The act of moving offices has given our staff and many volunteer […]