Friends, please post and circulate. Thanks, Matt Noyes

1. AUD July workshop in NYC

2. Letter from Rachel Padgett

3. Articles from Union Democracy Review, Benson's Blog

4. New Links

5. Notice to donors to AUD in the CFC

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1. July 16th : AUD Workshop in NYC: Okay, we won the election, now
what?

For newly elected union officers or those who are campaigning for
union office. This one-day workshop will teach you how to use your
union position to work for democracy and power after the election is
won. Facilitated by AUD's Rachel Padgett and Matt Noyes; teachers
include David Pratt, author of several books on organizing and legal
rights. Register online at
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Education/audevents.htm

Contact Rachel Padgett for more information.

2. Letter from Rachel Padgett: please support AUD
"A debate is raging about the future of the labor movement!
Everyone from union presidents to university academics has offered an
opinion on how to save the labor movement… AUD has never wavered
from the simple idea that democratic, member run unions create a
strong and enduring labor movement… We rely on your support.
Won't you please donate online
<http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/joinaud.htm>
send us a check or credit card donation for $500, $100, $50, $35 or
whatever you can afford?"
See the full letter - and contribute to AUD - here:
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/fundraiser.htm

3. Articles from the latest issue of Union Democracy Review #156:

Social Security office attack on AFGE splits union leaders

"The administration insisted on devastating cuts in the number of
union representatives (the equivalent of shop stewards) who would be
allowed time off to service their constituents. A debate now rages
over this issue and others…"

Insurgent victory in ATU 241

"…insurgents won 15 of the 31 positions available, giving them a
strong voice on the executive board….and the new position of
Assistant BA for maintenance and president …by large margins."

2KB of Free Speech? ACLU & Public Citizen sue in IBEW Local 46
election

"The American Civil Liberties Union has joined the Public Citizen
Litigation Group in backing the protest of electrician James Hughes
against restrictive election campaigning rules… that limit access
to the internet and forbid campaigning in the union hall."
See the articles and a full list of contents:
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/UDR/UDRhome.htm

A glimpse at labor's projected future (on Benson's Blog)
"The Stern family would reassert a principle that frustrates
workers' choice and turns them into a traded commodity."

How the Sweeney camp ignores its own first principle (on Benson's
Blog)
"What Sweeney omits… is any proposal, or even any hint of
one, that would strengthen union democracy, not one. Here are some of
the practices that must be corrected to make democracy a robust
reality throughout the labor movement…"
See Benson's Union Democracy Blog: http://bens
onsudblog.blogspot.com/

4. New Links

Teamsters Local 200 Unofficial Website; Indy Teamsters; Local 1 Forum;
Western Mass Pride at Work; Pride at Work Transgender Caucus;
Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow. Revived Links: Greg Shotwell's Live Bait
and Ammo and In the Crosshairs (UAW); Dave's Dirty Rat Bastard Hunting
Club (IUOE+). Yahoo Groups: Cingular CWA members; Dave's Dirty Rat
Bastard Hunting Club; IBEW Alternative for S&C; Electrical Workers
Minority Coalition; Iron Workers Union; Laborers; Millwright; UTU Bus
Caucus. See Rank-and-File links.
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/AUDLinks/AUDLinks.htm

5. Notice to donors to AUD in the Combined Federal Campaign

We'd like to thank you, but unless federal employees authorize
the CFC to release their names to us, we never know who gives through
this program, and we never know how much the donor gives even if the
name is released. Please let us know about your support to AUD.
See http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/cfc2004.htm

(An RSS feed is also available, see the AUD homepage. These updates
are also now posted publicly on our Yahoo Groups page
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/audupdates/?yguid=182316330 )