Can direct elections restore UAW as America’s most powerful labor union?

by Justin | May 25, 2021 | Administration Caucus, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal

The United Auto Workers, once America’s most powerful labor union, a union that led the way in building America’s middle class, has sunk into hard times, with a huge corruption scandal in which 12 union officials, including two former UAW presidents, have been...

Judge approves UAW watchdog, triggers referendum vote on direct elections

by Justin | May 12, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

A federal judge Wednesday appointed a government watchdog to oversee the corruption-plagued United Auto Workers on Wednesday, one day after former President Dennis Williams was sentenced to 21 months in prison. The move by U.S. District Judge David Lawson to...

Ex-UAW President Williams sentenced to 21 months in union corruption probe

by Justin | May 11, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Tuesday for stealing from union members during a conspiracy that stripped one of the nation’s most influential unions of its clean reputation and led to prolonged...

Former UAW President, Dennis Williams, Sentenced To Prison For Stealing UAW Funds

by Scott Houldieson | May 11, 2021 | UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD Statements & Press Releases

Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following statement regarding the sentencing of Dennis Williams, former President of the UAW International Union, to prison for corruption: Chicago, Illinois – Today former UAW president Dennis Williams was sentenced...

Williams shifts blame, points fingers at UAW brothers in push for light sentence

by Justin | May 4, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Retired United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams should not spend more than one year and a day in federal prison for stealing from union members because he is an American success story, is charitable and has health problems, his lawyers argued late Monday. In a...

Corrupt ex-UAW President Dennis Williams deserves two years in prison, feds say

by Justin | May 4, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Federal prosecutors Monday portrayed former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams as an imperious, hypocritical thief who should spend two years in prison for helping embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on luxuries, including private villas,...