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1. New Articles: Battling corruption in the UTU; Schoolbus drivers
demand action; Contrasting views on corruption; Debating union
democracy and Change to Win; Kill the Internet.
2. New Bound Volumes of Union Democracy Review, only $10 each.
3. New Links: Teamsters Convention, Ross and the Union Boss,
Theatrical and Stage Employees; Musicians; United Transportation Union.
4. New on Benson's Blog: Assessing a half century of union reform
5. Thanks
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1. New Articles from Union Democracy Review:

Battling corruption in the UTU. "Roger Griffeth, an announced
candidate for UTU international president in the 2007 election, has
charged that Paul C. Thompson, the incumbent UTU president..., tried
fraudulently to make former president Boyd eligible for disability
benefits under the union pension plan..."

NYC Schools bus drivers demand action against indicted officers.
"...So far, not only has the international shrugged off all these
demands; it has given a PR boost to the suspect officers..."

Two contrasting views on union corruption, by William Kornblum. "Two
new books take a hard look at the causes and consequences of union
corruption. Unfortunately, only one... offers a detailed and critical
analysis of what strategies work best to rid the house of labor of its
pernicious pests..."

Exchange on union democracy and Change to Win, with Don Taylor and
Herman Benson. "[Taylor:]...for some reason, many in the labor
movement accept today's atomized status quo. Some even applaud it-like
the folks at Union Democracy Review, who seem to think workers'
ability to change between unions like trading in an old car for a new
one is more important than building power."

Danger of democracy on the Internet? Kill it! "Web sites run by
unionists independent of any established officialdom are mushrooming
all over the country...Too many union leaders are nervous, those who
are accustomed to a monopoly of access to their membership. Seeing a
threat, their instinctive reaction is to look for ways to curb the new
weapon..."

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

2. Two New Bound Volumes of Union Democracy Review: Volume Six covers
the years 1997-2000; Volume Seven covers 2001-2005. Special Sale: $10
each ($35.00 for all seven bound volumes dating back to the late
1960's). Offers a unique insight into the history of the struggle for
union democracy and reform.

See http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Resources/resourcehome.htm

3. New links: Teamster 2006 Convention Proceedings (unofficial site);
Ross and the Union Boss; A.J. Muste Memorial Institute; 600 In Focus
for IATSE members; and Remove the Corruption Campaign (UTU). NOTE: our
recent article on Local 802 has provoked a lot of feedback. We will
soon publish some of the letters to the editor; in the meantime, visit
Concerned Musicians and MEMBERS Newsletter to see some of the
democracy in action in Local 802.

Find these links and others at
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/AUDLinks/RNFLinks.htm

4. New on Benson's Union Democracy Blog: Assessing a half century of
union reform, A discussion piece by Herman Benson. "After decades of
union reform effort, aimed at combating corruption, ousting organized
crime, and strengthening internal union democracy, where are we?"

Read more at http://bensonsudblog.blogspot.com/

5. Thank you. Thomas S. Holman who died several years ago, left $499
to AUD in his will. He was a construction worker. We are grateful for
his longtime support. To make a bequest to AUD:
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/memorybequest.htm

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