by Justin | Jan 30, 2021 | Administration Caucus, FCA, UAW Corruption Scandal
The United Auto Workers now has 30 days to propose three candidates to monitor its operations as a part of the consent decree reached last month with the federal government. U.S. District Judge David Lawson on Friday approved the consent decree that will put...
by Justin | Jan 28, 2021 | Administration Caucus, FCA, UAW Corruption Scandal
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, known as Stellantis since the company’s merger with Peugeot-maker PSA Group, will plead guilty in the federal corruption probe that has led to convictions against 15 people, including former UAW and FCA officials, and pay a $30 million...
by Justin | Jan 4, 2021 | Auto News, FCA, UAW Corruption Scandal
Alphons Iacobelli, the former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vice president who bought a Ferrari, bejeweled pens and a backyard pool with money siphoned during a conspiracy involving the automaker and the United Auto Workers, received a prison break Monday. U.S....
by Justin | Dec 9, 2020 | COVID-19, FCA
COVID-19 is hitting autoworkers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles once again. Two workers at Warren Truck Assembly have died recently, according to the company. That follows the death last month of a forklift operator who worked at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. The...
by Justin | Nov 30, 2020 | Administration Caucus, FCA, UAW Corruption Scandal
The buildings housing the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center on East Nine Mile Road in Warren, complete with an auditorium and parking for 500 vehicles, are for sale. The property, which was the focus of much of the early publicity surrounding the ongoing UAW...
by Justin | Oct 27, 2020 | FCA, UAW Local 292, UAW Local 685
Three months after protests occurred from North Central Building Trades labor unions and the United Auto Workers, work for the Academy Chrysler build in Tipton has moved from non-union labor to union labor. In July, the North Central Building Trades and UAW held...