The UAW and the U.S. government reached a formal agreement Monday designed to guide the labor organization into the future after a long-running criminal probe that unearthed corruption in the ranks up to and including two presidents of what had historically been one of America’s cleanest unions.
As part of the deal, which a federal judge still must approve, an independent monitor will be appointed and union members will determine how their leaders are elected under a civil settlement announced between the UAW and U.S. Attorney’s Office.