UAW Members Will Get a Chance to Change the Way They Elect Their Leaders

by Justin | Jun 5, 2021 | Administration Caucus, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal

An investigation into corruption within the United Auto Workers resulted in 15 convictions for union leaders and executives at Fiat Chrysler. The government’s plan to respond to that corruption requires the union to give members a chance to decide if they would...

Ex-UAW leader Gary Jones deserves more than two years in prison, feds say

by Justin | Jun 3, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Prosecutors want former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones to spend more than two years in federal prison for helping steal as much as $1.5 million from union members. Prosecutors revealing the desired 28-month prison term Thursday also requested Jones pay...

Can direct elections restore UAW as America’s most powerful labor union?

by Justin | May 25, 2021 | Administration Caucus, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal

The United Auto Workers, once America’s most powerful labor union, a union that led the way in building America’s middle class, has sunk into hard times, with a huge corruption scandal in which 12 union officials, including two former UAW presidents, have been...

Judge approves UAW watchdog, triggers referendum vote on direct elections

by Justin | May 12, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

A federal judge Wednesday appointed a government watchdog to oversee the corruption-plagued United Auto Workers on Wednesday, one day after former President Dennis Williams was sentenced to 21 months in prison. The move by U.S. District Judge David Lawson to...

Ex-UAW President Williams sentenced to 21 months in union corruption probe

by Justin | May 11, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Tuesday for stealing from union members during a conspiracy that stripped one of the nation’s most influential unions of its clean reputation and led to prolonged...

Williams shifts blame, points fingers at UAW brothers in push for light sentence

by Justin | May 4, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Retired United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams should not spend more than one year and a day in federal prison for stealing from union members because he is an American success story, is charitable and has health problems, his lawyers argued late Monday. In a...