The deadline for when United Auto Workers members can submit their vote on whether to implement direct elections of international union leaders or maintain the current delegate-based system is on Monday.
The election brought on by a corruption scandal within the UAW could reshape the leadership of one of the country’s most influential unions with nearly 1 million members and retirees. The governing International Executive Board has been dominated for 70 years by the Reuther or Administrative Caucus, which is advocating for the continuation of the system in which local unions elect delegates to represent them at a constitutional convention where the international leaders are selected.