UAWD in the News: UAW Retiree Eligibility for Office to Create Convention Friction

UAWD in the News: UAW Retiree Eligibility for Office to Create Convention Friction

by | Jul 21, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Bloomberg, Constitutional Convention 2022, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky, UAWD in the News

Ian Kullgren writes for Bloomberg Law: When the United Auto Workers convention in Detroit starts next week, the two most recent elected presidents won’t be there. They’ll remain in federal prison. And for the first time, the union will select its next leader through a...
From the Headlines: UAW Boosts Staff Pensions, Monitor Flags Spending as Election Campaigns Begin

From the Headlines: UAW Boosts Staff Pensions, Monitor Flags Spending as Election Campaigns Begin

by | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Bureau, Direct Elections, Joe Szczesny, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky

From the Detroit Bureau: With a potentially close race for the presidency looming this fall, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry signed a memorandum boosting the pensions of members of the Staff Council, the UAW in-house union for UAW representatives responsible...
UAWD in Labor Notes: UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections

UAWD in Labor Notes: UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections

by | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Direct Elections, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD in the News

Jonah Furman writes for Labor Notes:  Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates...
Judge OKs direct elections for UAW president, other top leaders

Judge OKs direct elections for UAW president, other top leaders

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Free Press, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal

United Auto Workers members will get the chance to have a direct say in who leads the union going forward.  A federal judge signed off Monday on the results of the referendum election held last year as a result of the deal with the government resulting from the...