by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 14, 2022 | Direct Elections, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
On December 14, 2022, the UAW Monitor released the official rules for the UAW international officer runoff elections in 2023. After the general election results, UAW Members United candidates Shawn Fain will advance to the runoff election for President and Daniel...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | 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...
by Justin | 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...
by Justin | Jul 19, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Detroit News, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
Robert Snell and Breana Noble write for The Detroit News with an update on the UAW leadership corruption scandal: United Auto Workers officials are interfering with a government watchdog tasked with rooting out corruption in one of the nation’s most influential and...
by Justin | Dec 6, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, Direct Elections, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
The vote, if certified, would cast aside the delegate system that came to be viewed as an enabler for the corruption that went on for years within some of the union’s top ranks.”In my opinion, it’s poetic justice for those who think they’re...
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.
