by Justin | Dec 3, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal
Under the direction of the Court-appointed Monitor, UAW members voting in the Referendum opted to change to the direct election method of electing all International Executive Board members. Read the statement here.
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 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...
by Justin | Nov 30, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, Truthout, UAW Corruption Scandal
The results so far show that members are “rejecting the behavior and practices of the entrenched political caucus and welcoming a new, unchartered territory to reshape the UAW into a viable union that we so desperately need,” said Frank Hammer, former president of UAW...
