General Motors Co. is suing a former company director to recoup money embezzled in what it called a criminal scheme that saddled the Detroit automaker with billions of dollars in increased labor costs.
The federal lawsuit Monday against former GM director Joe Ashton, a retired United Auto Workers vice president and director of the union’s GM Department, is the latest fallout from a corruption scandal involving UAW leaders and the latest attempt by GM to prove wrongdoing saddled the automaker with higher labor costs.