by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 28, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Bureau, UAWD in the News
Joseph Szczesny writes for the Detroit Bureau: …the Administrative Caucus, which has controlled the union’s internal politics for decades, had to scramble to fight off a large block of reform minded delegates. The biggest clash revolved around strike pay, which...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 25, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Direct Elections
UAWD supports ranked choice voting—also known as “instant run-off voting”—because it’s the best and most democratic way to vote. We all agree that there should be a run-off election. But instead of waiting months for another run-off election in March...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 21, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Bloomberg, Constitutional Convention 2022, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky, UAWD in the News
Ian Kullgren writes for Bloomberg Law: When the United Auto Workers convention in Detroit starts next week, the two most recent elected presidents won’t be there. They’ll remain in federal prison. And for the first time, the union will select its next leader through a...
by Justin | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Bureau, Direct Elections, Joe Szczesny, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
From the Detroit Bureau: With a potentially close race for the presidency looming this fall, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry signed a memorandum boosting the pensions of members of the Staff Council, the UAW in-house union for UAW representatives responsible...
by Justin | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Direct Elections, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD in the News
Jonah Furman writes for Labor Notes: Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates...
by Justin | Jul 19, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Detroit News, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
Robert Snell and Breana Noble write for The Detroit News with an update on the UAW leadership corruption scandal: United Auto Workers officials are interfering with a government watchdog tasked with rooting out corruption in one of the nation’s most influential and...
