Friends, please post and circulate. Thanks, Matt Noyes

1. Benson's Blog asks "Where are those missing AFL-CIO Ethical
Practices Codes?"
2. Articles from Union Democracy Review: New DOL Rules; Teamster
Election Rules Flawed; A Round in the Internet Battle; Longshore
Action and Legal Victory.
3. New Links: Teachers, Carpenters, State Employees
4. Renew your AUD membership online.
5. AUD has office space for rent.
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1. New on Benson's Union Democracy Blog: "Where are those missing
AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Codes?" "Brian McLaughlin has been arrested
on federal charges of stealing a few million dollars from the New York
City Central Labor Council, from his IBEW Local 3, and from assorted
political committees. These are familiar sources of illicit take. But
from the Queens Little League! That's going too far... As for the
solutions proposed by Denis Hughes and Ed Ott…"

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

2. Articles from Union Democracy Review:

New Dept. of Labor rule requiring Federal Unions to inform members of
their democratic rights. "the U.S. Labor Department issued a
regulation that requires all unions of federal employees to inform
their members of the provision of federal law that protests their
rights in their unions… The DoL action came in response to a petition
submitted by our Association for Union Democracy."

Teamster Convention reveals fatal flaw in election rules. "The
Teamster election rules are not only fatally flawed from the standards
of democracy. They are inconsistent and self-contradictory."

In AFSCME DC37: A round in the internet battle. "union members who
want to say something independent of the presiding administration---
turn with delight to e-mail and websites, the free expression avenues
available on the internet. But conflict is inevitable, sometimes
bitter; because all those freewheeling opportunities for critics make
most union incumbent administrations nervous; they want limits. But
what limits are legitimate?"

In the ILA: rank-and-file action and a major legal victory.
"Represented in federal court by AUD board member Michael Goldberg,
four members of the Longshore Workers Coalition, the ILA reform group,
have won a major victory in the federal appeals court for the Third
District…."

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

3. New links: Alliance of Concerned Teachers (AFT); Carpenters Local
370 Voice; CSEUnited.

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

4. Renew your AUD membership: You can renew your membership online at
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/joinaud.htm#renew. Consider
switching to an automatic monthly donation of $10 a month --
http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Home/Monthlygift.htm.

5. AUD has a small office space for rent: Ideal for writer, small
business or non-profit organization; available for 1 year or longer;
approx 100 sq feet; internet access (DSL), conference room, and shared
kitchen all possible and negotiable. Landlord lives in building.
Contact Kurt Richwerger at 718-564-1114.

Thanks to all who helped make the AUD Conference a success. We hope to
have audio recordings from the conference online soon.

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