UDR #225 Now Available!
National Labor Relations Board Strengthens Protections for Union Members by Cathy Highet U.S. Dept. Of Labor’s Election Enforcement Book Review: Harry Bridges Labor Radical, Labor Legend
Happy Trails
The Association for Union Democracy is experiencing the end of era; we (and our neighbors) have lost our lease at 104 Montgomery Street in Brooklyn, New York and, thus, will have to move out and find another headquarters to operate our office. We have been in this building for over twenty years and are […]
Ham and Eggs to go, please
There is an old English proverb about scarcity which goes: “If we had some eggs, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some ham.” It often seems the labor movement finds itself in the same situation; “If we had more democracy, we could have a more democratic unionism, if we had unionism.” When […]
UDR #215 Now Available
In Memoriam: Lois Gray | AUD Files Brief in Support of AFSCME L. 402 Members’ Equal Voting Rights | Refomers Seek to Amplify Rank and File Voices in CUNY’s Adjunct Union
Janus Decision Remedy? Union Democracy!
Given the final decision in the landmark case Janus v. AFSCME in favor of the plaintiff, now is as important time as any for the Labor Movement to take a long hard look at itself and its practices vis-a-vis its attitude towards its membership and to union democracy, in general. As a result of the […]
UDR 214 Now Available In Honor of Ed Sadlowski (1938-2018)
Ed Sadlowski died June 10th after a long life as a labor activist. His rank-and-file campaigns – a movement for union democracy in the United Steelworkers – started when both Ed and AUD were very young with AUD working intensively to make the elections fairer. Although Ed is no longer with us the […]
On Sadlowski By William Kornblum
Ed Sadlowski died June 10th after a long life as a labor activist. His rank-and-file campaigns – a movement for union democracy in the United Steelworkers – started when both Ed and AUD were very young with AUD working intensively to make the elections fairer. Although Ed is no longer with us the history of […]
UDR # 213 Now Available
In Memoriam: Wayne Stanton | Unifor Splits From CLC | Election Challenges at the Department of Labor
New Additions to AUD’s Store!
The Union Member’s Complete Guide by Michael Mauer, Union Communication Services, Inc. 160 pp. How to Win Past Practice Grievances (Fourth Edition) by Robert Schwartz, Work Rights Press. 75 pp.
Union Democracy Review #212
The Janus Decision… | Albuquerque Teachers Reform Caucus | Carpenter Finds No Recourse