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Books available from AUD include: Rebels, Reformers and Racketeers: how insurgents transformed the labor movement; Democratic Rights for Union Members; How to Get and Honest Union Election; The Manual for Survival for Women in Non-traditional Jobs; A Troublemaker's Handbook; Legal Rights of Union Stewards; Running for Union Office, and more.

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I Just Got Elected -- Now What?
A New Union Officer's Handbook
Bill Barry, 53 pp., $10
A readable, rank-and-file oriented approach to what new local union officers should try to do if they believe in union democracy. Bill Barry calls for an organizing model of unionism and offers numerous practical suggestions/ Also covers the nuts and bolts of the legal and financial framework in which new officers operate. AUD has gotten calls from unionists wanting just such a guidebook. Here it is!

Troublemakers Handbook 2
378 pages $24. This all new version of the classic Labor Notes book is required reading for union activists, stewards, officers, and educators. "This unique resource of organizing and leadership lessons, tactics, and strategies is a collaboration of over 70 authors and hundreds of activists. No matter how seasoned an activist you are, this book will show you new ways to fight back where you work and win!"

Rebels, Reformers, and Racketeers: how insurgents transformed the labor movement
by AUD founder Herman Benson. $18.00
"This story of the postwar fight for union democracy is an intrinsically fascinating, important -- and untold one -- and it merits a wide audience."
--Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara

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 Democratic Rights for Union Members
by Herman Benson, prefaces by Victor Reuther and Clyde Summers, 245 pp. $12.00

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 How to Get an Honest Union Election
by Herman Benson, UPDATED, with a section on meeting attendance rules. 65pp. $8.00


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The Manual for Survival for Women in Nontraditional Employment
by AUD Women's Project and NOW LDEF, 116pp., $10.00


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Union Democracy in the Construction Trades
by Herman Benson, William Schendel, and others, 36pp., $4.00


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The Rights of Employees and Union Members
by Wayne Outten, Robert Rabin, and Lisa Lipman, 602 pp., $20.00
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Democracy is Power: Rebuilding Unions from the Bottom Up
by Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle, 255pp., $17


The Legal Rights of Union Stewards - new edition!
by Robert M. Schwartz, 160 pp., $15


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¡En Español! Derechos Legales de los Delegados de Sindicato
por Robert M. Schwartz, 170pp., $13


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How to Win Past Practice Grievances
by Robert M. Schwartz,  113pp., $13



The FMLA Handbook: A Practical Guide for Union Members and Stewards
by Robert M. Schwartz, Second Edition,  185pp., $15



I Just Got Elected -- Now What?
A New Union Officer's Handbook
Bill Barry, 53 pp., $10


　

　

Troublemakers Handbook 2
Jane Slaughter ed., 378 pp., $24

　

Other literature sold by AUD:

Democratic Rights in Federal Employee Unions: A Ramble Through the Law's Bureaucratic Maze by Herman Benson. 1995  $3.00

Power on the Job---The Legal Rights of Working People by Michael Yates, 1994, South End Press, 318 pp $19.00

The Transformation of U.S. Unions: Voices, Visions, and Strategies from the Grassroots. Ray Tillman and Michael Cummings, editors. Rienner Press (paperback), 297 pp. $22.50

Stopping Sexual Harassment, by Camille Colatosti and Elissa Klarg $10.00 USD

Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry, Final Report of NY State Organized Crime Task Force. NYU Press (paperback), 285 pp. $16.50


Running for Local Union Office by David Pratt, 86pp., $10 OUT OF STOCK

Union Democracy, American Democracy and Global Democracy: An Overview and Assessment by Michael J. Goldberg, from The Internal Governance and Organizational Effectiveness of Labor Unions, Estreicher, ed. Kluwer Law International, New York, 2001, 25pp. $4.00

Democracy in a One Party State: Perspectives from Landrum-Griffin by Clyde W. Summers. Reprinted from Maryland Law Review. 1984, 44pp. $4.00

Unions Without a Majority -- a Black Hole? by Clyde W. Summers. Reprinted from Chicago-Kent Law Review. 1992, 17pp. $4.00

Union Democracy and Landrum Griffin, by Clyde Summers, AUD $4.00 USD

　 Two Faces, Two Ethics: Labor Union Lawyers and the Emerging Doctrine of Entity Ethics by James Gray Pope. Reprint from Oregon Law Review. 1989, 55 pp.  $4.00

The Liberation of IBT Local 560 by James B. Jacobs and David N. Santore. Reprint from Criminal Law Bulletin. 2001, 33pp. $5.50

AFL-CIO Codes of Ethical Practices. Adopted, 1957;  reissued, May 1958, 48 pp. $3.50

Monitor's Report on Corruption in Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union by Kurt Muellenberg, court-appointed monitor. 1998   Call to order -- 718-564-1114 . $10

BOUND VOLUMES OF UNION DEMOCRACY REVIEW
Union Democracy in Action, precursor to Union Democracy Review published by Herman Benson before AUD, (bound volume with index) $35.00 SPECIAL SALE $8.00 EACH

Union Democracy Review, 1972-81 (bound volume #1 with index)  $35.00 SPECIAL SALE $8.00 EACH

Union Democracy Review, 1982-85 (bound volume #2 with index)  $35.00 SPECIAL SALE $8.00 EACH

Union Democracy Review, 1986-90 (bound volume #3 with index)  $35.00 SPECIAL SALE $8.00 EACH

Union Democracy Review, 1991-1996 (bound volume #4 with index) $35.00 SPECIAL SALE $8.00 EACH

Union Democracy Review, 1997-2000 (bound volume #5) $40.00 SPECIAL SALE $10.00 EACH

Union Democracy Review, 2001-2005 (bound volume #6) $40.00 SPECIAL SALE $10.00 EACH

All seven bound volumes of UDR and UDA, $150.00 SPECIAL SALE $35.00!!

Union Democracy Review, individual back issues, be sure to specify which issue   $2.00

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