Union Democracy = Union Power

March 5, 2010: Union officers often think of union democracy as a threat to their power. But union democracy is about member power, and member power means union power.

Click here to read two articles from the Association for Union Democracy, including a transcript of a talk by TDU counsel Barbara Harvey.

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