Ballots will be mailed out beginning Tuesday for the historic United Auto Workers referendum to determine how members elect leaders in the wake of a corruption scandal that has damaged the union’s reputation and led to calls for accountability.
Voting will be open to the roughly 1 million active and retired members that comprise the UAW. The referendum — which is a requirement of the settlement reached between the UAW and the Justice Department over a federal investigation into union corruption — will determine whether the union’s constitution will be amended to require a “one member, one vote” system for electing leaders.