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SFU cleaners fight to democratize their union after the death of a colleague

#UnionDemocracy #WorkerRights #SafetyInTheWorkplace

Read more:
https://ift.tt/dz9iwRB

Just received my copy of "Democracy is Power: Rebuilding Unions from the Bottom Up". The authors mention 'legal rightsof union members in 'Appendix 6', but it is no longer included in the book. You can now find this information here:
https://uniondemocracy.org/legal-rights-and-organizing/

#Unions #UnionDemocracy #LaborNotes #OrganizeForPower

After decades as a one party state, the #UAW has seen a real contested election. Check out the message from new President Shawn Fain. https://youtu.be/3UjcQtuGwuQ

#union #UnionDemocracy

Big labor news. After decades of reform efforts and dedicated work by successive generations of rank-and-file reformers like Mike Parker, Jerry Tucker, Wendy Thompson, Selwyn Rogers, Lew Moye, Caroline Lund, and many, many, others, the slate backed by #UniteAllWorkersForDemocracy is poised to take control of the #UAW.

Lots of new challenges await (what does the dog do when it catches the car?) but this is huge.

https://labornotes.org/2022/12/challengers-win-big-uaw-elections-presidency-headed-run

#UnionDemocracy #union #LaborNotes

Registered for the Labor Notes Conference - April 17-19 in Chicago!!

Anyone else going? Interested in organizing meetings/workshops on unions and cooperatives (and union cooperatives)?

#LaborNotes
#UnionDemocracy
#cooperativism

Realized that #Loomio's score poll is great for doing power line type activities. Testing it with a Local Food System Power Line.

Here is a write up of the activity as used for assessing union democracy:
http://www.re.rollingearth.org/?q=content/activity-21-union-democracy-and-power-line

#PopularEducation
#UnionDemocracy
#FoodSovereignty