Association for Union Democracy

By Lisa Xu An insurgent slate is challenging the longtime incumbents in Local 8-Golden State, one of the largest locals in the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), in what may be the local’s first competitive election in decades. And now, after protecting the election from a sham merger attempt that would have canceled the […]

By Leo Herbert The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is full of democratic machinery. Per its Constitution and pattern bylaws, members may elect local officers, introduce motions, send delegates to conventions, and amend the laws of the union. On paper, an IBEW member possesses substantial rights. But a member who enters a union meeting alone, […]

By David Levin Sean O’Brien, Fred Zuckerman and the Teamsters United Slate were re-elected at the 31st International Union Convention, June 15-18 in Las Vegas. The IBT also announced that the Teamsters and the Justice Department had filed a joint motion to wind down federal oversight of the union Under the Teamster election rules, candidates […]

Teamsters Convention Report By David Levin | Democracy Has to Be Organized: Building Member Power in the IBEW   Click Here to Subscribe to Union Democracy to Read the Full Issue

By Bill Barry, 2007,2014,2020, 2023 55 pp. (Fourth Edition) A readable, rank-and-file oriented approach to what new local union officers should try to do if they believe in union democracy. Bill Barry calls for an organizing model of unionism and offers numerous practical suggestions. Also, this book covers the nuts and bolts of the legal […]