Convicted FCA exec’s lawyer rips GM for ‘scurrilous’ bribery allegations

by Justin | Aug 8, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, FCA, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal

Allegations that convicted Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Vice President Alphons Iacobelli controlled secret offshore bank accounts used to bribe United Auto Workers are baseless and “scurrilous,” his lawyer said Saturday. In a federal court filing, defense...

Gettelfinger denies controlling offshore bank account

by Justin | Aug 4, 2020 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Retired United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger on Tuesday denied receiving bribes funneled through a secret overseas bank accounts, one day after General Motors Co. leveled the allegations in federal court. Gettelfinger, who retired in 2010, released a...

GM Says Fiat Chrysler Paid Union Relations Head to Spy on It

by Justin | Aug 4, 2020 | Administration Caucus, FCA, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal

General Motors Co. urged a judge to reconsider the dismissal of its racketeering lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, saying it has uncovered new evidence of how its rival got better labor contracts than competing automakers by paying off the United Auto...

Auto industry conspirators stashed bribes offshore, GM alleges

by Justin | Aug 3, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, UAW Corruption Scandal

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV executives and top leaders of the United Auto Workers used secret offshore bank accounts to hide millions of dollars in bribes, according to a federal court filing Monday. The accounts benefited or were linked to several notable figures,...

UAW meets with feds to avert racketeering takeover, oversight

by Justin | Jun 30, 2020 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Federal prosecutors and leaders of the United Auto Workers started negotiating a deal Tuesday to avert a government takeover that likely would subject one of the nation’s largest and most powerful labor organizations to prolonged oversight aimed at rooting out...

UAW stems membership decline as corruption costs soar

by Justin | Jun 30, 2020 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

UAW membership totaled 398,829 last year, an increase of more than 3,100 people, according to the union’s annual LM-2 Labor Department filing. In 2018, the UAW lost more than 35,000 members in 2018, a 9 percent decrease. The filing Tuesday also revealed how the...