Union Democracy

[Tom Lehman]

Dear Doug and the Left Business Observers,
Labor unions are not perfect democratic organizations, they never have
been and they probably never will be.  Its not so much a question of
leadership, but, of democratic structure.  For example,  in the United
Steelworkers of America we have direct election of  our local, district
and international officers on the principle of one steelworker one
vote.  If you want to be involved, you can be, and are encouraged to be
involved
at whatever level of involvement you feel comfortable with.  Even with
this I don't think you will find a steelworker, who doesn't think we
couldn't improve our democracy.

I still think this is a real bad time for the autoworkers and they need
all of the help they can get---particularly from the smart and stylish
who read this list.
Sincerely,
Tom Lehman

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