In Memoriam: Larry Hanley We at AUD are shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Larry Hanley, International President of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).    Hanley spent much of his life engaged in   a remarkable effort to reform his local, ATU 726 in Staten Island, New York. That successful effort over the […]

  There is an old English proverb about scarcity which goes: “If we had some eggs, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some ham.” It often seems the labor movement finds itself in the same situation; “If we had more democracy, we could have a more democratic unionism, if we had unionism.” […]

Given the final decision in the landmark case Janus v. AFSCME in favor of the plaintiff, now is as important time as any for the Labor Movement to take a long hard look at itself and its practices vis-a-vis its attitude towards its membership and to union democracy, in general. As a result of the […]

Ed Sadlowski died June 10th after a long life as a labor activist.  His rank-and-file campaigns – a movement for union democracy in the United Steelworkers – started when both Ed and AUD were very young with AUD working intensively to make the elections fairer.  Although Ed is no longer with us the history of […]