Friends, please post and circulate. And please do make a contribution
to AUD today. Thanks, Matt Noyes

1. Letter to friends of union democracy.
2. Best Rank-and-File Website 2005: you be the judge
3. New Articles: District Council 37, Union Democracy 2005.
4. New: AUD Buttons, union-made.
5. Read Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers chapter online.
6. SPECIAL SALE: 37 years of Union Democracy Review for $25.00
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1. Letter to friends of union democracy:

"Every week at AUD we field phone calls, emails, faxes and letters
from union members who do not know where else to turn... We help them
because we know what they do is essential for the labor movement's
future...Please take a moment to contribute online. The future of
union democracy needs you and so do we..."

Read more at http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/fundraiser.htm

2. The candidates for Best Rank-and-File Website 2005 are in.

Citizen Chris, Factory Rats, Meatballs and more. Thirty five sites
from the UAW, Teamsters, UFCW, Teachers, Transport Workers, Flight
Attendants, Communications Workers, and many more. See the sites and
vote for your favorite in our online survey.
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/AUDLinks/website%20guide/websitecontest.htm

3. New Articles:

District Council 37 union delegates reject proposal for direct
election of Council officers. "…on October 25th, the delegates voted
down the proposal, 56 to 44 percent. This was the second time in five
years that the amendment was turned down."

Update: Still Subverting Union Democracy in 2005. "Efforts continue to
evade the provisions of the federal Labor Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act (LMRDA), the 1959 law that guarantees union democracy
for union members. Here are some of the latest methods that officials
have found to subvert membership rights in unions…"

Read more at http://www.uniondemocracy.org/UDR/UDRhome.htm

4. AUD Buttons now available. These "silent agitators" will get your
fellow unionists talking. $1.50 each, union made, durable. Buy them
here http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Resources/tshirts.htm

5. Read Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers chapter online. Chapter Five
of Rebels, Reformers and Racketeers -- The Painters 1962-1972 -- can
now be read online. Learn about Schonfeld's fight against the mob, the
landmark Salzhandler case, the murders of Wilson and Green, and the
origins of AUD. http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Legal/rebelschapt5.htm

6. Round out your Union Democracy Library with bound volumes of Union
Democracy Review and its predecessor Union Democracy in Action. Read
the original stories of the struggles in the Painters, Mineworkers,
Steelworkers, and many other unions. A unique perspective on union
history.

SPECIAL SALE: only $8 per volume, all five volumes – 1959 to 1996 --
for just $25, $2 shipping each volume. Call 718-564-1114 or order
online here http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Resources/resourcehome.htm

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