by Justin | Aug 9, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
A federal watchdog tasked with reforming the United Auto Workers is reviewing secret government files related to an ongoing criminal investigation and is expected to meet with convicted former union President Gary Jones, who is angling for a reduced prison sentence....
by Justin | Jul 27, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal
The United Auto Workers union says it got $1.1 million for a lakefront house in northern Michigan that was being built for a former president who was sentenced to prison in a federal corruption probe. Cabin 4 at a UAW conference center on Black Lake was being built...
by Lisa Xu | Jul 23, 2021 | UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
UAWD is asking Monitor Neil Barofsky to create a level playing field for campaigning for the referendum vote. For decades, the deck has been stacked against UAW members agitating for reform within our union. The Administration Caucus has engaged not only in...
by Justin | Jul 20, 2021 | FCA, Stellantis, UAW Corruption Scandal
A federal judge on Monday ruled employees of the maker of Jeep and Ram vehicles are not entitled to restitution following a years-long bribery scandal involving the United Auto Workers. Judge Paul Borman of the Eastern District of Michigan concluded the 234 current...
by Justin | Jul 19, 2021 | One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, Uncategorized
Mail-in voting will be used to determine the fate of a critical proposal to decide how the United Auto Workers top officers will be elected in the future, according to the union. UAW leaders recently signed a directive sent out to all the union’s 600 Local...
by Justin | Jul 6, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal
Vance Pearson, the United Auto Workers director who oversaw a region so corrupt it was shuttered in hopes of appeasing federal investigators, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Paul Borman sentenced Pearson, 60, for his role in...