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Union democracy refers to the governance of trade unions, as well as the protection of the rights and interests of individual members. [1] Modern usage of the term has focused on the extent to which election procedures ensure that the executives of a union most accurately represent the interests of the members.
The Association for Union Democracy (AUD) is a non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, New York, which advocates for union democracy.Founded in 1969 by union reformer Herman Benson and Yale law professor Clyde Summers, [1] the AUD has been called "labor's leading voice on democracy issues" by Labor Studies Journal.
Herman William Benson (July 9, 1915 – July 2, 2020) was an American union reformer and machinist, who founded and led the Association for Union Democracy (AUD), based in Brooklyn, New York. [1] [2] He fought corruption and racketeering within unions, defended rank-and-file union members' rights, and advocated union democracy for over 60 years ...
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Union democracy is also guaranteed by protections for membership dissent and organized internal opposition. [ 3 ] SMART argues that the increased power of SEIU's international leadership vis-à-vis local union members has limited this type of member access and activism that is essential for union democracy to thrive.
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JR Bellace and AD Berkowitz, The Landrum–Griffin Act: Twenty Years of Federal Protection of Union Members' Rights (1979). 363 pp. H Benson, 'The Fight for Union Democracy' in SM Lipset, ed. Unions in Transition: Entering the Second Century (1986), pp 323–370; A Cox, 'The Role of Law in Preserving Union Democracy' (1959) 72(4) Harvard Law ...
Social movement unionism (SMU) is a trend of theory and practice in contemporary trade unionism.Strongly associated with the labour movements of developing countries, social movement unionism is distinct from many other models of trade unionism because it concerns itself with more than organizing workers around workplace issues, pay and terms and conditions.