by Justin | Dec 2, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal
The decision by UAW members to elect their own officials in a one-member-one-vote system marks a turning point for the union after the federal investigation exposed what prosecutors described as a culture of corruption among the UAW’s top ranks built around kickback...
by Justin | Dec 2, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal
The members of the United Auto Workers appear to have voted overwhelmingly to move to a direct voting system for choosing their union leadership—“one member, one vote.” As of this afternoon, with more than two-thirds of the votes counted, direct elections had the...
by Justin | Dec 2, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Detroit News, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
Direct voting has prevailed in a historic referendum on how the United Auto Workers union chooses its international leaders, according to preliminary results released Wednesday night. Read the article here.
by Justin | Dec 2, 2021 | Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
UAWD issues the following statement regarding the December 1, 2021 referendum results
by Justin | Dec 1, 2021 | Fight Back News, Referendum Vote, Toni Gilpin
“If you look at the John Deere strike, here you have this union, UAW, that has made headlines in the past four or five years for corruption. And yet you have the rank and file in the union, these strikers, who remain loyal to their union even if not to the...
by Justin | Dec 1, 2021 | Auto News, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
With more than half the votes counted, a proposal to give UAW members a direct role in choosing their leadership is passing by a sizable margin. More than 60 percent of the ballots counted as of late Tuesday were cast in favor of adopting the “one member, one...