by Justin | Dec 19, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, TDU, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD in the News
The UAW could join the Teamsters and several other unions which have direct rank-and-file votes for International officers. The Teamsters Union adopted that system in a 1989 settlement of a major racketeering case; the one-member-one-vote system was proposed by...
by Justin | Sep 17, 2020 | Administration Caucus, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD in the News
The union’s ongoing corruption scandal, which in August led to a conspiracy charge against former president Dennis Williams, has opened the door for the federal government to push for changes. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit and the UAW have been in...
by Justin | Jul 11, 2020 | One Member One Vote, Teamsters
After former Auto Workers President Gary Jones pleaded guilty in June to charges of embezzling more than $1 million in union funds, the years-long federal investigation into corruption by senior UAW officials is set to move to a new phase. The government has named the...
