I’m a member of ALAA Local 2325, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, and I’m a public defender.
It’s an unhappy feeling to realize that your money—your union dues deducted every paycheck—had been misappropriated. To create a better UAW, members must directly elect the union’s highest leadership. No doubt we can make better decisions than those of the UAW’s past leadership. To empower workers, we must strengthen unions—and at the same time give members a real say in how their unions are run.